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Numbers 3:13

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 3:13

Verse 13 of 51

Scripture focus

Because all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD.

Numbers 3:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 3:13

Theological / Devotional

On the day. This is a reference to Ex. 13:1-3.

Hallowed unto me. All the first-born are Jehovah’s because He did not slay them with the Egyptians. Every human soul belongs primarily to God, but here the Lord claims those brought out from Egypt as His first fruits. The devoting of the first-born to the Lord is commanded in Ex. 22:29; 34:20; 13:11-15; Num. 18:15.

Mine shall they be. Literally, “for my possession they shall be.” Claimed by God as set apart to Him, declared so by His name (see Ex. 6:8 ; 12:12).

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