Exodus 13:11
in Exodus 13And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,
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ASV
And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
KJV
And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
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This verse in Exodus 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
this statute at the appointed time
on Exodus 13:10-11
The statute is fixed to its season year after year, so the calendar carries the memory. Verse 11 rests the rule on an oath sworn to the fathers, which sends the reader back to Genesis 15:18 and 17:8.
This site's exposition
as He swore to you and your fathers
The law of the firstborn waits for the land, and the oath is sworn to the living generation with its fathers. Matthew Henry sets this law against the nations of that land, who offered their children to Molech. Leviticus 18:21 forbids that rite by name.
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The firstborn of their children were to be redeemed, and by no means sacrificed, as the Gentiles sacrificed their children to Moloch. The price of the redemption of the firstborn was fixed by the law ( Num. xviii. We were all obnoxious to the wrath and curse of God; by the blood of Christ we are redeemed, that we may be joined to the church of the firstborn.
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And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites,.... Put for all the rest of the nations: as he sware unto thee, and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee; to them as they were in their loins, and from thence might certainly conclude it would be given them.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
This is stated because the law of that which “openeth the womb” [mentioned in Verse 12], applied only from the time they came to the Land of Israel. 391 See my Hebrew commentary p. 344 for correctness of this reading as based on Ramban manuscript.
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This is an expression of setting apart, i.e., that one is to remove the firstling from the flock and it is to be for the Eternal.
Mi-yamim yamimah (from year to year) is similar to yamim tiheyeh ge’ullato (for a full year shall he have the right of redemption (Lev.:29).
You must preserve this statute in its appointed time, from year to year.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֞ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יְבִֽאֲךָ֤ | yeviakha | he will bring you | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י | hakenaani | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֥ע | nishba' | he swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| לְךָ֖ | lekha | to you | ||
| וְלַֽאֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ | velaavoteikha | and to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וּנְתָנָ֖הּ | unetanah | and he will give it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָֽךְ׃ | lakh | to you |
וְהָיָ֞הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יְבִֽאֲךָ֤he will bring you
yeviakhaH935 →2568 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יthe Canaanite[s]
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֥עhe swore
nishba'H7650 →186 times
לְךָ֖to you
lekha
וְלַֽאֲבֹתֶ֑יךָand to ancestors your
velaavoteikhaH1 →1212 times
וּנְתָנָ֖הּand he will give it
unetanahH5414 →2011 times
לָֽךְ׃to you
lakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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Exodus 13:5And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and…
it leads to
- Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and…
- Joshua 24:11
After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your…
- Exodus 12:25–26
When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.
- Exodus 6:8
And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
- Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
- Exodus 3:8
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.