Exodus 13:12
+ 13:12. Ex 13:12 (Ex 13:11-13; Deut 15:18-23) (#8.483): T. To sanctify the firstborn of all clean animals and bring the firstborn as a sacrifice / R. To set aside the firstborn animals that you shall set apart to Adonai all that opens the womb, and every firstborn + 13:12. Quoted in Luke 2:23 which you have that comes from an animal. The males shall be Adonai’s.
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Exodus 22:28+ 22:28 Hebrew ch 22 v. 27 + 22:28. Ex 22:28 [Heb Bible Ex 22:27] (Ex 20:7) (#3.190): T. Not to blaspheme God / R. We are warned against blasphemy and the penalty is death T. Example: Blasphemy: idolaters, manifesting disrespect towards God, and insulting His chosen leaders R. Example: Judaism views blasphemy as: using God’s name when swearing, using God’s name to call as a witness for truth when lying, or by joining God’s name to inappropriate or unacceptable actions or objects (The Nine Commands, Freedman, p47-49) / Consequence: To put to death one who pronounces blasphemy in the name of Adonai (which in Hebrew is “ Yahweh”) (Lev 24:16). Death by stoning or sword as evidenced by (Ex 32:26-29 and Lev 24:10-17) “You shall not blaspheme God, + 22:28. Ex 22:28 [Heb Bible Ex 22:27] (#5.364): T. Not to curse a leader among your people / R. Not to curse a ruler; which is the King, or the head of the Great Rabbinical Court / the Sanhedrin ·Sitting together· in the Land of Israel [God prevails] + 22:28. Ex 22:28 [Heb Bible Ex 22:27] (#5.365): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text, it is implied / R. Not to curse or revile a judge nor curse a ruler of your people. + 22:28. Quoted in Acts 23:5
Exodus 34:19“All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
Leviticus 27:26+ 27:26. Lev 27:26 (Lev 27:26-28) (#10.600): T. Not to voluntarily consecrate the firstborn animal to Adonai / R. Not to change a consecrated animal from one sacrifice to another “‘Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Adonai, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep. It is Adonai’s.
Numbers 3:13for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery] I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel [God prevails], both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Adonai.” (5)
Numbers 18:15Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Adonai, both of man and animal shall be yours. + 18:15. Num 18:15 (Num 18:15-16; Ex 22:29-30) (#5.375): T. To redeem the firstborn of your children, giving the Cohen ·Priest· five sheckles of silver / R. To redeem the firstborn of your sons, giving the Cohen ·Priest· five sheckles of silver Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 13:12-17
God's Claim upon the Firstborn. ( b. c. 1491.) 11 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord 's. 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man… Read the whole commentary →