Mínshùjì 18:15

15 Tāmen suǒ yǒu fèng gĕi Yēhéhuá de , lián rén daì shēngchù , fán tóushēng de , dōu yào guī gĕi nǐ . zhǐshì rén tóushēng de , zǒng yào shú chūlai . bú jiéjìng shēngchù tóushēng de , yĕ yào shú chūlai .

Mínshùjì 18:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:15

Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh
The firstborn of every creature:

which they bring unto the Lord;
as they were obliged, he claiming it as his own, ( Exodus 13:2 ) ;

[whether it be] of men or beasts, shall be thine;
every firstborn of either, being the Lord's, became the priest's by his gift:

nevertheless, the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem;
that is, take the redemption price for it, which was five shekels, as in ( Numbers 18:16 ) ; for the original proprietor was, strictly speaking, the redeemer, and paid the money, and the priest was the receiver, to whom it was paid; see ( Exodus 13:13 ) ;

and the firstlings of unclean beasts shall thou redeem;
with lambs, as an ass, which is put for unclean beasts, is ordered to be redeemed with a lamb, or its neck to be broken, ( Exodus 13:13 ) ; the Africans, the shepherds among them, as Herodotus relates ^F11, of their firstlings they cut off the ear of the beast and throw it over a house, and then turn its neck back, for they worship only the sun and moon; which seems to be an imitation of this law.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Melpomene, sive, l. 4. c. 188.

Mínshùjì 18:15 In-Context

13 Fán cóng tāmen dì shàng suǒ daì lái gĕi Yēhéhuá chū shú zhī wù yĕ dōu yào guīyǔ nǐ . nǐ jia zhōng de jiéjìng rén dōu kĕyǐ chī .

14 Yǐsèliè zhōng yīqiè yǒng xiàn de dōu bì guīyǔ nǐ .

15 Tāmen suǒ yǒu fèng gĕi Yēhéhuá de , lián rén daì shēngchù , fán tóushēng de , dōu yào guī gĕi nǐ . zhǐshì rén tóushēng de , zǒng yào shú chūlai . bú jiéjìng shēngchù tóushēng de , yĕ yào shú chūlai .

16 Qízhōng zaì yī yuè zhī waì suǒ dàng shú de , yào zhào nǐ suǒ gū déng de jià , àn shèng suǒ de píng , yòng yínzi wǔ Shĕkèlè shú chūlai ( yī Shĕkèlè shì èr shí jìla ) .

17 Zhǐshì tóushēng de niú , huò shì tóushēng de miányáng hé shānyáng , bì bùkĕ shú , dōu shì shèng de , yào bǎ tā de xuè sǎ zaì tán shàng , bǎ tā de zhīyóu fùnshāo , dàng zuò xīnxiāng de huǒ jì xiàn gĕi Yēhéhuá .