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All that opens the womb is mine; and all your cattle that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
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A Foundational Reminder
Commentators like Ellicott and Gill observe that this command is a repetition from Exodus 13. In the context of renewing the covenant after the golden calf incident, God is re-emphasizing a foundational principle. Consecrating the firstborn was a core practice that identified Israel as a people redeemed and set apart by God.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are …
19th Century
Anglican
All that openeth the matrix is mine; compare Exodus 13:12, where the sanctification of the firstborn and the law of redem…
16th Century
Protestant
All that openeth the matrix is mine. He here defines what the offering was to be: namely, they were to redeem their children as well as th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
All that openeth the matrix is mine Or "the womb", and therefore to be sanctified, and set apart for his use: this a…
Once a week they must rest, even in plowing time and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosp…
