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Numbers 18:15

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 18:15

Verse 15 of 32

Scripture focus

Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, [whether it be] of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Numbers 18:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 18:15

Theological / Devotional

That openeth the matrix. That which was born first, if a male, was to be the priests’. If a female should be born first and a male next, the male was not to be the priests’, since it did not in that case open the womb (Ex. 13:2).

Redeem. Two classes of the first-born that belonged to the priests were to be redeemed, that is, bought back with money: (1) unclean animals, being unacceptable as sacrifices, and (2) human beings.

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