SEV Biblia, Chapter 27:26
¶ Pero el primogénito de los animales, que por la primogenitura es del SEÑOR, nadie lo santificará; sea buey u oveja, del SEÑOR es.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 26. Only the firstlings of the beasts , etc.] These are excepted from being sanctified, or set apart for sacred uses, for a very good reason, suggested in the next clause: which should be the Lord’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it ; it being what he has a claim upon, and ordered to be sanctified to him by a law previous to this, ( Exodus 13:2); wherefore to sanctify such a creature, would be to sanctify what was his before; not merely in a general sense, in which all creatures are his, but in a special sense, having in a peculiar manner required it as his; and therefore to sanctify, or vow to him, what was his before, must be trifling with him, and mocking of him: whether [it be] ox, or sheep ; the firstlings of either of them: it [is] the Lord’s ; which he has claimed as his own special and peculiar property, antecedent to any vow of its owner.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 26-33 - Things or persons devoted, are distinguished from things or person that were only sanctified. Devoted things were most holy to the Lord and could neither be taken back nor applied to other purposes. Whateve productions they had the benefit, God must be honoured with the tent of, if it could be applied. Thus they acknowledge God to be the Owne of their land, the Giver of its fruits, and themselves to be his tenants, and dependants upon him. Thus they gave him thanks for the plenty they enjoyed, and besought his favour in the continuance of it We are taught to honour the Lord with our substance.
Original Hebrew
אך 389 בכור 1060 אשׁר 834 יבכר 1069 ליהוה 3068 בבהמה 929 לא 3808 יקדישׁ 6942 אישׁ 376 אתו 853 אם 518 שׁור 7794 אם 518 שׂה 7716 ליהוה 3068 הוא׃ 1931
