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Exodus 34:17-19
New English Translation
Exodus 34:17-19
New English Translation
17 You must not make yourselves molten gods.
18 “You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days[a] you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do this[b] at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.
19 “Every firstborn of the womb[c] belongs to me, even every firstborn[d] of your cattle that is a male,[e] whether ox or sheep.
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- Exodus 34:18 tn This is an adverbial accusative of time.
- Exodus 34:18 tn The words “do this” have been supplied.
- Exodus 34:19 tn Heb “everything that opens the womb.”
- Exodus 34:19 tn Here too: everything that “opens [the womb].”
- Exodus 34:19 tn The verb basically means “that drops a male.” The verb is feminine, referring to the cattle.
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