Leviticus 27:26
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S.
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Gill's Exposition
And if it be of an unclean beast,.... This is to be understood, not of the firstling of unclean creatures in common, which were to be redeemed with a lamb, and not with money, according to the…
Here is, I. A caution given that no man should make such a jest of sanctifying things to the Lord as to sanctify any firstling to him, for that was his already by the law, Lev 27:26. Though the matter…
Classes which may not be vowed
Firstlings are already the Lord's (Exo 13:2). If the firstling is, that of an animal which is reckoned among the -unclean" (according to the rule laid down, ch. Lev…
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