Exodus 13:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Sanctify. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject). App-6. = Declare that. will sanctify (or set apart), which Moses did in verses: Exodus 13:12.

children. sons.

man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.

There are two pairs of Phylacteries, so called (in Greek) from their use. a prayer-fillet or band worn to-day on forehead and hands during prayer. First pair here, Exodus 13:3-10 and Exodus 13:11-16. Second pair in Deuteronomy 6:4-8 and Exo 11:13-2. Compare the structures in Deuteronomy 6:4-9.

Exodus 13:2

2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.