Numbers 3:13 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 3:13

for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are Mine; I am the LORD.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast; mine they shall be: I am Jehovah.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The concluding words are better expressed thus: “Mine shall they be, Mine, the Lord’s.” On the subject of the firstborn see the notes at Num 3:43-51.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
לִי֮	li	[belongs] to <the> me
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
בְּכוֹר֒	be.khOr	firstborn	H1060 →
בְּיוֹם֩	be.yOm	on [the] day	H3117 →
הַכֹּתִ֨י	ha.ko.Ti	struck I	H5221 →
כָל־	khol-	every	H3605 →
בְּכ֜וֹר	be.Khor	firstborn	H1060 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרַ֗יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
הִקְדַּ֨שְׁתִּי	hik.Dash.ti	I set apart	H6942 →
לִ֤י	li	for <the> myself
כָל־	khol-	every	H3605 →
בְּכוֹר֙	be.khOr	firstborn	H1060 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	be.Yis.ra.'El	in Israel	H3478 →
מֵאָדָ֖ם	me.'a.Dam	from humankind	H120 →
עַד־	'ad-	unto	H5704 →
בְּהֵמָ֑ה	be.he.Mah	livestock	H929 →
לִ֥י	li	to <the> me
יִהְי֖וּ	yih.Yu	they will belong	H1961 →
אֲנִ֥י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
יְהוָֽה׃ ס	Yah.weh	[am] Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 13:2
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 15:19
  You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 8:16–17
  For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 2:23
  (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
- Exodus 22:29–30
  You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
Through
Luke 2:23
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
leads to
- Numbers 18:15
  The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 13:2
  “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 34:19
  The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 22:29
  You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.

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