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Deuteronomy 15:19 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 15 · verse 19
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.Deuteronomy 15:19 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 15:19 in context
17Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
18It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
19All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
20Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
21And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- firstlingbᵉkôwrfirstbornH1060 →
- sanctifyqâdashto be cleanH6942 →
- bullockshôwra bullockH7794 →
- maleszâkârproperly, rememberedH2145 →
- flocktsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- comeyâladto bear youngH3205 →
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Here is, 1. A repetition of the law concerning the firstlings of their cattle, that, if they were males, they were to be sanctified to the Lord (Deu 15:19), in remembrance of, and in thankfulness for, the sparing of the first-born of Israel, when the first-born of the Egyptians, both of man and beast, were slain by…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-23