Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:
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Gill's Exposition
And that we should bring the first fruits of our dough,.... According to the law in Num 15:20
and our offerings; their heave offerings, Num 18:8
and the fruit of all manner of trees; bore by them on…
Adam Clarke
Also the first-born - See this law, and the reasons of it, Exo 13:1-13. As by this law the Lord had a right to all the firstborn, instead of these he was pleased to take the tribe of Levi for the…
Having covenanted against the sins they had been guilty of, they proceed in obliging themselves to revive and observe the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do…
Cambridge Bible
the firstborn of our sons The firstborn of the children of Israel -from a month old" were redeemed -for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary." Num 18:16; cf. Exo 13:13; Exo…
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