Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 13:12

12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast, which thou hast, the males shall be the LORDS .

(i. e.) Separate it from the rest; resign thy right in it to God: Heb. cause it to pass, not through the fire, a[illegible: 1+ letters] that verb is used Deut. 18. 10. 2 King. 16. 3. but under the rod, as it is used, and more fully expressed, Lev. 27. 32. which was the rite when any thing was separated and consecrated to God.

Devoted to him, either to be sacrificed, if it was clean, or to be otherwise destroyed, if it was unclean, as it here follows.

Marginal references: chap. 22. 29. & 34. 19. Deut. 15. 19. Ezek. 44. 30.; Heb. cause to [illegible: 1 word] over.