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This volume presents the written Word of God in a highly readable, accurate translation, excellent for personal and group study. Extensive study notes, topical essays, and word studies provide fresh and faithful insights informed by time-tested, authentically Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church and other scholars. They also provide rich historical, cultural, geographical, and...

13:2 Consecrate: Means to set apart for the service of divine worship. the first-born: The eldest sons and animals in Israel belong to the Lord because he spared their lives from the tenth plague (13:14–15). The firstlings of cattle, sheep, and goats are given to Yahweh as victims for sacrifice (13:15; 22:30; 34:19; Num 18:17). The first-born sons of the people also belong to Yahweh, but the nature of their consecration is not specified in this context. However, based on other passages in the Mosaic
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