Mínshùjì 8:17

17 Yǐsèliè rén zhōng yīqiè tóushēng de , lián rén daì shēngchù , dōu shì wǒde . wǒ zaì Āijí dì jī shā yīqiè tóushēng de nà tiān , jiàng tāmen fēnbié wéi shèng guī wǒ .

Mínshùjì 8:17 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 8:17

For all the firstborn of the children of Israel [are] mine,
[both] men and beasts
Not only in common with other of his creatures, but in a special respect on account of his signal deliverance of them; they were his, as Jarchi expresses it, by the line of judgment, or rule of justice and equity, because he protected them among the firstborn of the Egyptians, saved them when he slew theirs, as follows:

in the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt;
both of men and beasts:

I sanctified them for myself;
claimed them as his own, and set them apart for his own use, or ordered them to be set apart: see ( Exodus 13:2 ) .

Mínshùjì 8:17 In-Context

15 Cǐ hòu Lìwèi rén yào jìn qù bàn huì mù de shì , nǐ yào jiéjìng tāmen , jiàng tāmen dàng zuò yáo jì fèng shàng .

16 Yīnwei tāmen shì cóng Yǐsèliè rén zhōng quán rán gĕi wǒde , wǒ jiǎnxuǎn tāmen guī wǒ , shì daìtì Yǐsèliè rén zhōng yīqiè tóushēng de .

17 Yǐsèliè rén zhōng yīqiè tóushēng de , lián rén daì shēngchù , dōu shì wǒde . wǒ zaì Āijí dì jī shā yīqiè tóushēng de nà tiān , jiàng tāmen fēnbié wéi shèng guī wǒ .

18 Wǒ jiǎnxuǎn Lìwèi rén daìtì Yǐsèliè rén zhōng yīqiè tóushēng de .

19 Wǒ cóng Yǐsèliè rén zhōng jiàng Lìwèi rén dàng zuò shǎngcì gĕi Yàlún hé tāde érzi , zaì huì mù zhōng bàn Yǐsèliè rén de shì , yòu wéi Yǐsèliè rén shú zuì , miǎndé tāmen āijìn shèng suǒ , yǒu zāiyāng líndào tāmen zhōngjiān .