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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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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 34:12–27
18th Century
Theologian
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 …
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 34:19
19th Century
Bishop
All that openeth the matrix is mine; compare Exodus 13:12, where the sanctification of the firstborn and the law of redem…
John Calvin
On Exodus 34:19
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Exodus 34:19
17th Century
Pastor
All that openeth the matrix is mine
Or "the womb", and therefore to be sanctified, and set apart for his use: this a…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 34:18–27
17th Century
Minister
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…