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Exodus 13:2

EXODUS—NOTE ON Exodus 13:2 In addition to the yearly sacrifice of the Passover (see Exodus 12:1), Israel is also called to consecrate to the Lord all the firstborn in Israel, whether animal or human. The instructions for how and why this is to be done are given in Exodus 13:11. This reminds Israel that their firstborn sons were spared (v. Exodus 13:15). “Consecrate” means “make holy by giving to God.” Thus the firstborn of sacrificial animals, such as sheep and cattle, had to be sacrificed. However, firstborn donkeys and humans had to be redeemed: a lamb was offered in sacrifice instead of them (vv. Exodus 13:12).

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See also Exodus 13:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 13:2. _SANCTIFY UNTO ME ALL THE FIRST-BORN_] To sanctify, קדש _kadash_, signifies to _consecrate, separate_, and _set apart_ a thing or person from all secular purposes to some religious...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SANCTIFY UNTO ME - The command is addressed to Moses. It was to declare the will of God that all firstborn were to be consecrated to Him, set apart from all other creatures. The command is expressly b...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 13:1-16 THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN _ 1. The separation commanded (Exodus 13:1)_ 2. Remember this day: the memorial (Exodus 13:3) 3. The separation of the firstborn (Exodus 13:11) T...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LAWS ABOUT FIRSTBORN AND MAZZOTH: EXODUS 13:1 F. P. LAW OF FIRSTBORN. Here all are sacred to Yahweh; in J (Exodus 13:12 f., Exodus 34:19 f.) and E (Ex

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SANCTIFY. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject). App-6. = Declare that. will sanctify (or set apart), which Moses did in verses: Exodus 13:12. CHILDREN. sons. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. THERE...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SANCTIFY UNTO ME ALL THE FIRST-BORN— The Lord not only appointed an annual festival commemorative of his redemption of Israel, and ordained a weekly remembrance of it, Deuteronomy 5:15 but also comman...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 13 AND JE-HO-VAH SPAKE UNTO MO-SES, SAYING, (2) SANCITFY UNTO ME ALL THE FIRST-BORN, WHATSOEVER OPENETH THE WOMB AMONG THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL, BOTH OF MAN AND OF BEAS...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SANCTIFY UNTO ME ALL THE FIRSTBORN, WHATSOEVER OPENETH THE WOMB AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, BOTH OF MAN AND OF BEAST: IT IS MINE._ Sanctity unto me all the first-born. To sanctify means to consecr...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CONSECRATION OF THE FIRSTBORN. THE MARCH TO ETHAM 1-16. The Consecration of the Firstborn. All Israel was holy unto the Lord: see on Exodus 19:5; Exodus 19:6. But the firstborn of man and beast w...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OPENETH THE WOMB] What is claimed is the firstborn male. 8. See on Exodus 12:26....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 13 THE *ISRAELITES’ OLDEST SONS BELONG TO GOD – VERSES 1-16 THE TIME...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XIII. SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN, AND LAW OF REDEMPTION. (2) SANCTIFY UNTO ME ALL THE FIRSTBORN. — It was a reasonable demand that the existing firstborn of Israel, spared by God when the Egyptia...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    קַדֶּשׁ ־לִ֨י כָל ־בְּכֹ֜ור פֶּ֤טֶר כָּל ־רֶ֨

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XIII. _ THE LAW OF THE FIRSTBORN._ Exodus 13:1. Much that was said in the twelfth chapter is repeated in the thirteenth. And this repetition is clearly due to a formal rehearsal, made when a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE FIRST-BORN SET APART UNTO JEHOVAH Exodus 13:1 Two Hebrew customs dated from the Exodus-first, the dedication of the first-born to God's service, and second, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when th...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    As the Passover feast signified the deliverance from death by obedience, and the sprinkling of blood signified redemption through death, the feast of Unleavened Bread was established in connection wit...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Sanctify unto me every first-born. Sanctification in this place means, that the first-born males of the Hebrews should be deputed to the ministry in the divine worship: and the first-born of beasts to...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Was not this sanctifying, or setting apart the firstborn, intended principally to shadow forth a gospel mercy! Jesus the first-born among many brethren, was set apart by God. See John 17:19; Romans 8:...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._Sanctify unto me all the first-born. _This also refers to the First Commandment, because God asserts His right over the first-born, lest the recollection of their redemption should ever be lost. Fo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SANCTIFY UNTO ME ALL THE FIRSTBORN,.... That is, of males, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, for those, and not females, were only either sacrificed or redeemed, see Exodus 13:12, and this sanctificatio...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, [both] of man and of beast: it [is] mine. Ver. 2. _It is mine._] By right of redemption also. He that is...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Exo. 13:2. _Concerning the pillar of cloud and fire, or th_ e _cloud of glory_. This pillar of cloud and fire, and also the cloud of glory on mount Sinai, and in the tabernacle and temple, was a type...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Sanctify_ That is, command all the people to sanctify; _unto me _ To my use and service, in a manner I shall hereafter explain; _all the firstborn_ That are males, as the command is limited, Exodus 1...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The first borne are sanctified to God. 3 The memoriall of the Passeouer is commanded. 11 The firstlings of beasts are set apart. 17 The Israelites goe out of Egypt, and cary Iosephs bones with th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Sanctify unto Me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast; it is Mine. This is not said of the general sanctification of the people as God...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CONCERNING THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    D. THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT. LEGAL ENACTMENTS CONSEQUENT ON LIBERATION Exodus 12:37 to Exodus 13:16 37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot, _t...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S CLAIMS ON THE FIRSTBORN (vs.1-2) Rather than God's allowing the people to rush to get out of the borders of Egypt, He calmly insists first on His own claims over Israel. Only in verse 20 of thi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 In remembrance of the destruction of the first-born of Egypt, both of man and of beast, and the deliverance of the Israelites out of bondage, the first-born males of the Israelites were set apar...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SANCTIFY UNTO ME, to my use and service, in manner as I shall hereafter explain. And _sanctify_, i.e. command all the people to sanctify, as Moses did, EXODUS 13:12. ALL THE FIRST-BORN, viz. if they b...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    In the opening verses of this chapter, we are taught, clearly and distinctly, that personal devotedness and personal holiness are fruits which redeeming love produces in those who are the happy subjec...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 13:2 Consecrate H6942 (H8761) firstborn H1060 opens H6363 womb H7358 children H1121 Israel H3478 man H120 beast...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Exodus 13 REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE FIRSTBORN AND UNLEAVENED BREAD. THE FIRST DETAILS OF THEIR JOURNEY The instruction that follows covers what Israel's immediate response was to be to what had happe...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Firstborn set apart for Jehovah. Directions for feast of unleavened bread and consecration of males. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joseph. CONCLUSION: The believer should retain remembrance of G...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 13:2. _Sanctify unto me all the firstborn._ The firstborn having the birthright, were, according to the patriarchal economy, the priests of God. The firstlings of the clean beasts were to be of...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Sanctify unto Me all the firstborn._ THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN TO THE LORD I. That the good are required to sanctify their firstborn unto the Lord. “All the firstborn”--that is to say, th...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 13:4. The month Abib.]—The “_month of the ear-time_, according to tradition the month _Nisan_ in the later Hebrew, corresponding to April” (Fürst). EXODUS 13:16. TOKEN.] The s...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN. In connection with the deliverance from death of the Israelite first-born by the blood of the lamb, and still further to fix the remembrance of the historic...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine (Exodus 13:1-2). All right, no...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    sanctify. The word kadash is to consecrate, separate, and set Exodus 13:12 Exodus 4:22 Exodus 22:29 Exodus 22:30...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sanctify to me all the first — born — The parents were not to look upon themselves as interested in their first — born, till they had first solemnly presented them to God, and received them back from...

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