Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin
Sanctifying the First Born
Another Supplement (to the First Commandment) respecting the Sanctifying of the First-born
Exodus 13
Exodus 13:1, 2, 11-16
1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
1. Et loquutus est Jehova ad Mosen, dicendo:
2. Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
2. Sanctifica mihi primogenitum: quicquid apetit vulvam in filiis Israel, tam in hominibus quam in jumentis, meum est.
11. And it shall be, when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
11. Quumque introduxerit te Jehova in terram Chananaeorum, quemadmodum juravit tibi et patribus tuis, et dederit eam tibi.