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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine.” See also: Luke 2:23Numbers 3:13Deuteronomy 15:19Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. See also: Deuteronomy 24:18Deuteronomy 5:15Exodus 20:2Today you go out in the month Abib. See also: Exodus 34:18Exodus 23:15Exodus 12:2It shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month. See also: Exodus 3:8Joshua 24:11Exodus 6:8Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. See also: Exodus 12:15-20Exodus 34:18Leviticus 23:8Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you. No yeast shall be seen with you, within all your borders. See also: Exodus 12:19Matthew 16:6You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ See also: Exodus 13:14Exodus 12:26-27Psalms 44:1It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt. See also: Deuteronomy 6:8Deuteronomy 11:18-19Numbers 15:39You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. See also: Exodus 12:14Exodus 12:24-25Deuteronomy 16:3-4“It shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and will give it to you, See also: Exodus 13:5that you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have. The males shall be the LORD’s. See also: Numbers 18:15Exodus 34:19Leviticus 27:26Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons. See also: Exodus 34:20Numbers 18:15-17Numbers 3:46-51It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage. See also: Joshua 4:6Exodus 13:3Psalms 145:4When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of livestock. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ See also: Exodus 12:29It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes; for by strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.” See also: Exodus 13:9Deuteronomy 11:18Deuteronomy 6:7-9When Pharaoh had let the people go, God didn’t lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt”; See also: Exodus 14:11-12Numbers 14:1-4Nehemiah 9:17but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. See also: Exodus 14:2Numbers 33:6-8Deuteronomy 32:10Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you.” See also: Genesis 50:24-25Joshua 24:32Acts 7:16They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. See also: Numbers 33:5-6Exodus 12:37The LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night: See also: 1 Corinthians 10:1-2Nehemiah 9:12Deuteronomy 1:33the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, didn’t depart from before the people. See also: Psalms 121:5-8Revelation 10:1
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)13 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Exodus 13:2
Ver. 2. Sanctify unto me every first-born. Sanctification in this place means, that the first-born males of the Hebrews should be deputed to the ministry in the divine worship: and the first-born of beasts to be given for a sacrifice. Ch.
--- Sanctify, set apart. M. --- Openeth, the first male fruit of the womb. If a female was born the first, none of the children were to be redeemed. Lu. ii. 23.
Jesus Christ submitted to this law; though many of the fathers have asserted that, on account of his miraculous conception and birth, he was not subjected to it; while others maintain the contrary. C.
↑ 2Exodus 13:4
Ver. 4. Corn. Heb. Abib; which was styled Nisan after the Babylonian captivity.
At this time, peculiar names were not yet given to the months, by the Hebrews or Egyptians. C. --- They were distinguished by their respective order, productions, or appearances. H.
↑ 4Exodus 13:5
Ver. 5. When. These regulations did not therefore take place in the desert. M.
↑ 5Exodus 13:9
Ver. 9. And it, &c. The festivals appointed by God and his Church, naturally remind us of the favours which we have received, and help us to meditate on the law. H. --- The Jews, understanding the precept literally, write verses taken from this chapter, and Deut. vi. and xi.
upon parchment, and bind these tephilins, or phylacteries, on their forehead.
But if these scrolls were requisite, why do they not also put them in their mouth and in their heart? Jesus Christ condemns the vanity of the Pharisees, who wore these bandages extremely large. Matt. xxiii. 5.
The Mahometans teach their scholars, by writing the Coran upon a tablet, and exposing it to their view: (C.) a plan lately introduced in England with great success by Mr. Lancaster.
↑ 9Exodus 13:13
Ver. 13. Price. No other option is given, as the Levites were selected for the ministry. H. --- The first offspring of impure animals, were to be redeemed or killed; those of the pure were to be offered in sacrifice. Num. xviii. 15. Philo.
Dogs, cats, poultry, &c. were to be slain. Deut. xxiii.
18. C.
↑ 13Exodus 13:14
Ver. 14. To-morrow. At any future period. Matt. vi. 2. M.
↑ 14Exodus 13:15
Ver. 15. Hardened. Heb. "by himself," or by his own malice. W.
↑ 15Exodus 13:16
Ver. 16. It. This ordinance shall cause thee never to forget the goodness of God. H.
↑ 16Exodus 13:17
Ver. 17. Lest. God maketh use of precautions, to shew the free-will of man. W.
--- The Philistines had before made a great slaughter of the Ephraimites, 1 Par.
vii. 21. The Chanaanites would also be ready to oppose the Hebrews, if they had attempted to enter by the road of Pelusium, and perhaps the Idumeans and Amalecites also would have met them in front, while the Egyptians attacked their rear. C. --- This journey, Philo says, would not have taken up above three days. The battle with Amalec took place only 40 days afterwards, and God protected his people. M.
↑ 17Exodus 13:18
This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.
Ver. 18. Armed, in order of battle. Heb. chamushim, "by fives," or in five battalions. Jos. i. 14.
Jud. viii. 11. C. --- Calvin asks where the Hebrews could procure arms, as if to cavil with this translation. But surely they might get them in the same manner as the vessels of gold; and they undoubtedly were not destitute of arms when they encountered the Amalecites, v. 17. H.
↑ 18Exodus 13:19
Ver. 19. Joseph's. This attention to the dead is commended. Heb. xi. W. --- S.
Stephen assures us, that the bones of the other patriarchs were deposited at Sichen; and we may conclude, that they were transported on this occasion by their respective families. Acts vii. 16.
↑ 19Exodus 13:20
Ver. 20. Etham. A city on the banks of the Red Sea, giving its name to one of the gulphs, which the Greeks called after the city of Heropolis. Plin. vi. 29. The Sept. translate, "They encamped at Othon, which is near the desert;" and (Num. xxxii. 6,) the Hebrews marched three days in the desert of Buthan, before they arrived at Mara.
↑ 20Exodus 13:22
Ver. 22. Never. From the station of Etham; or, if we follow S. Jerom, from that of Socoth, or even from Ramesses, according to Bonfrere, till the passage of the Jordan, when the ark supplied its want. Jos. iii. 11. This cloud assumed different appearances, as the exigencies of the Hebrews required. It was a figure of baptism; (1 Cor. x. 1.) the fire designated Jesus Christ, and the cloud the Holy Ghost. S. Amb. de sac. 6. C.
↑ 22License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses