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(as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),
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A Debt from the Exodus
Commentators explain this law originates from the Exodus. When God spared the firstborn sons of Israel from the final plague in Egypt, He claimed them as His own. Therefore, every firstborn male was to be consecrated ('holy to the Lord') and then 'redeemed' or bought back by his parents, as a perpetual reminder of God's deliverance.
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In the law of the Lord (εν νομω Κυριου). No articles, but definite by preposition and genitive. Vincent notes that "law" occurs in…
19th Century
Baptist
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord; ) and to offer a sacrifice accordi…
It is important to understand the sequence and background of these events. According to Jewish law a woman became ceremonially unclean on the birth…
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16th Century
Protestant
As it is written in the Law. This was another exercise of piety which was fulfilled by Joseph and Mary. The Lord commanded that all the ma…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As it is written in the law of the Lord In (Exodus 13:2) (Numbers 3:13)
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Presbyterian
Our Lord Jesus was not born in sin, and did not need that mortification of a corrupt nature or that renewal to holiness, which were signified by ci…
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