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You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it me.
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The Principle of Firstfruits
This law is part of a larger biblical principle of dedicating the first and best to God. Commentators note that giving the firstborn of livestock, like the firstfruits of a harvest, was an ancient act of worship signifying that God is the source of all blessings and deserves our primary devotion.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The offering of firstfruits appears to have been a custom of ancient times and was connected with the earliest acts of sacrifice. See Genesis 4:3-4…
19th Century
Anglican
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS.
The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is impossible to classify under any general heading …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Likewise you shall do with your oxen, and with your sheep, &c.] That is, with the firstborn, which were to be set apart t…
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