Esodo 13:12

12 consacra all’Eterno ogni fanciullo primogenito e ogni primo parto del bestiame che t’appartiene: i maschi saranno dell’Eterno.

Esodo 13:12 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 13:12

That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the
matrix
Or "the womb", as in ( Exodus 13:2 ) , and this phrase, "set apart", explains the word "sanctify" there, and shows that it signifies the separating of such to the use and service of God, causing it to "pass", as the word F4 here used signifies, from a man's own power and use, to be the Lord's only: and every firstling that cometh from a beast which thou hast;
or "even every firstling" F5, explaining what is meant by what opens the matrix or womb, even every firstborn of a beast; though Jarchi interprets it of an abortion, what comes before its time, that this also should be set apart to the Lord; this must be understood of the firstlings of clean creatures, fit for food and sacrifice, such as the firstlings of cows, sheep, and goats, ( Numbers 18:17 ) as distinguished from unclean ones in the following verse: the males [shall be] the Lord's;
which explains what sort of firstborn of man and beast were to be set apart for his use, not females, though the first that opened the womb; but males.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 (trbehw) "et transire facies", Pagninus, Montanus, Fagius, Vatablus, Drusius, Cartwright; so Ainsworth.
F5 (rjp lkw) "etiam quicunque vel quicquid aperuerit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Ainsworth.

Esodo 13:12 In-Context

10 Osserva dunque questa istituzione, al tempo fissato, d’anno in anno".
11 "Quando l’Eterno t’avrà introdotto nel paese dei Cananei, come giurò a te e ai tuoi padri, e te lo avrà dato,
12 consacra all’Eterno ogni fanciullo primogenito e ogni primo parto del bestiame che t’appartiene: i maschi saranno dell’Eterno.
13 Ma riscatta ogni primo parto dell’asino con un agnello; e se non lo vuoi riscattare, fiaccagli il collo; riscatta anche ogni primogenito dell’uomo fra i tuoi figliuoli.
14 E quando, in avvenire, il tuo figliuolo t’interrogherà, dicendo: Che significa questo? gli risponderai: L’Eterno ci trasse fuori dall’Egitto, dalla casa di servitù, con mano potente;
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