Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 13:2

2 Sanctifie unto me all the first-born , whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast : it is mine .

To my use and service, in manner as I shall hereafter explain. And Sanctifie, i. e. command all the people to sanctifie as Moses did, ver. 12.

viz. if they be males, as it is limited ver. 12.

Every child which is the first-born of his mother: So that if a man had many wives either together or successively, his first child by every one of these was a first-born.

Whether clean or unclean, though in different manner, whereof see Numb. 18. 13, 15, 17.

By special right and title, as being by my singular care and favour preserved [illegible: 1+ letters]om the common destruction, and therefore I challenge a peculiar interest in them, and do hereby require that they be devoted to me.

Marginal references: chap. 22. 29. & 34. 19. Lev. 27. 26. Num. 3. 13. and 8. 16. Luk. 2. 23.