Sanctify to me all the first — born — The parents were not to look upon themselves as interested in their first — born, till they had first solemnly presented them to God, and received them back from him again. It is mine — By a special right, being by my singular favour preserved from the common destruction.
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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.