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Exodus 34:19

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19 1All that open the womb are mine, all your male[a] livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
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Exodus 34:19 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 34:19

All that openeth the matrix is mine
Or "the womb", and therefore to be sanctified, and set apart for his use: this also was declared, and the law concerning it given, at the time of their coming out of Egypt, and here repeated, (See Gill on Exodus 13:2), (See Gill on Exodus 13:12).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 34:19 In-Context

17 "You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.
18 "You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
19 All that open the womb are mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
20 The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.
21 "Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

Cross References 1

  • 1. See Exodus 13:2

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint, Theodotion, Vulgate, Targum; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
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