“All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
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“All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
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All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
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All that openeth the womb is Mine; and of all thy cattle thou shalt sanctify the males, the firstlings of ox and sheep.
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Passages linked to Exodus 34:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 13:2 “Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine.”
- Exodus 22:29 “You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.
- Exodus 13:12 that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb, and every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have. The males shall be Yahweh’s.
- Numbers 18:15-17 Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which weighs twenty gerahs. “But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 44:30 The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.
- Luke 2:23 (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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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 34:19 All that openeth the matrix [is] mine;…
Exo 34:19 All that openeth the matrix [is] mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, [whether] ox or sheep, [that is male].
Ver. 19, 20. See on Exo 13:12-13.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Heb. And (for that is, as the particle and…
Heb. And (for that is, as the particle and is oft used; the words following here, and Exo 34:20, being a particular explication of the general sentence in the beginning of this verse)
all thy cattle which (a particle oft understood)
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shall be born male, (as it is also explained Exo 13:12) the
opening, or,
whatsoever (to wit, of the male kind)
openeth the matrix (which word is fitly understood out of the former member; which is very usual) of ox or (and put for or, as it is oft done) sheep.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Six days shalt thou work, but on the seventh…
Six days shalt thou work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest,.... This is the law of the seventh day sabbath, which is after repeated, to fix it in the minds and memories of the people, see Exo 20:10 and here it is added, which has not been mentioned before:
in earing and in harvest thou shall rest; that is, in the time of ploughing, and in the time of reaping and gathering in the harvest, which are both very busy seasons; the rest of the sabbath was not to be violated; such sort of works, though they might require haste and expedition, yet the sabbath was not to be broken on account of them: this is the common sense of the law, as it is understood; but Maimonides (o) gives another sense from their doctors, who say, it is forbidden to plough in the sixth year what cannot be reaped but in the seventh; and so likewise that it is forbidden to reap on the seventh year, that of which profit may be had on the eighth year, and this is founded on what the Scripture says, Exo 34:21 "in earing", &c. and they say, that here ploughing and harvest are not to be understood of the seventh day, because this is included in the general rule, "thou shalt not do any work"--they say, of that which is ploughed, whose reaping or harvest is forbidden, is the ploughing at the evening of the seventh year, and at the going out of the seventh; and know this, that the evening of the seventh is the sixth year, and the going out of the seventh is the eighth year, and so Jarchi on the text observes, that some of their Rabbins say, this is to be understood of the ploughing of the seventh year, the seventh year entering, and the harvest of the seventh year, at the going out of it; so that as there is a seventh day of rest, there is a year in which ploughing and harvest are forbidden; but there are others, he says, who say the text speaks only of the sabbath.
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(o) In Misn. Sheviith, c. 14. sect. 1.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. and all, &c.] Something must be out of…
19. and all, &c.] Something must be out of order: since the first born of cattle are included among ‘all that first openeth the womb,’ ‘mine’ cannot logically be the predicate of and all &c. Perhaps (Di.) thou shalt sanctify (Deu_15:19), or sacrifice, unto me has fallen out after ‘sheep.’ There is a similar inexactness in Exo_13:12.
20b. appear before me] read probably see my face. See on Exo_23:15 b.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) All that openeth the matrix is mine.—Comp. Exo_13:12,…
(19) All that openeth the matrix is mine.—Comp. Exo_13:12, where the sanctification of the firstborn and the law of redemption had already been declared. For the exact mode of redemption sanctioned, see Num_18:15-16.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 19, 20. All that openeth the matrix is…
Vers. 19, 20. All that openeth the matrix is mine, etc. This is a repetition of the command given in Exo_13:12, Exo_13:13, which had not been inserted in the "Book of the Covenant." It is again enjoined in Lev_27:26, Lev_27:27. None shall appear before me empty. Repeated Exo_23:15.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh continues telling Moses what the people must do.
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buy back
Firstborn sons and firstborn donkeys belonged to Yahweh, but Yahweh did not want them sacrificed to Him. Instead, the Israelites were to sacrifice a lamb in their place. This allowed the Israelites to buy the donkeys and sons back from Yahweh.
No one may appear before me empty-handed
God speaks of the offering as if the person was to carry it in his hands. AT: "No one may come to me without an offering" or "Everyone who comes to me must bring me an offering" (See: Metonymy)
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firstborn
cow
ewe
donkey
lamb
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