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You Can't Give What's Already His
Commentators unanimously explain that firstborn animals could not be vowed because they already belonged to God under a prior law (Exodus 13:2). To dedicate something to God that He has already claimed as His own would be, as scholars note, a 'mockery' or like presenting 'stolen goods.' This establishes that a true offering must be something that is genuinely ours to give.
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Leviticus
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Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 27:26
19th Century
Bishop
Only the firstling of the beasts.—A better rendering is nevertheless the firstlings, and so on, as this rendering also su…
John Calvin
On Leviticus 27:26
16th Century
Theologian
Only the firstling of the beasts. Here a caution is introduced, that no one should offer what is already the property of God. For since pe…
John Gill
On Leviticus 27:26
17th Century
Pastor
Only the firstlings of the beasts
These are excepted from being sanctified, or set apart for sacred uses, for a very…
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Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 27:26–33
17th Century
Minister
Things or persons devoted are distinguished from things or persons that were only sanctified. Devoted things were most holy to the Lord, and could …