King James Version
Exodus 13:2 in the King James Version says “Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: ...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.”
Exodus 13:2 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. bondage: Heb. servants
This day came ye out in the month Abib.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Sanctify”
H6942to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“whatsoever openeth”
H6363a fissure, i.e., (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“among the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“both of man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“and of beast”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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