Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Exodus 13:13
An ass - The ass could not be offered in sacrifice, being an unclean animal: possibly the only unclean animal domesticated among the Israelites at the time of the Exodus. This principle was extended to every unclean beast; see Numbers 18:15.
Thou shalt redeem - The lamb, or sheep, was given to the priest for the service of the sanctuary.
Firstborn of man - The price of redemption was fixed at five shekels of the sanctuary: Numbers 3:47, where see the note.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Exodus 13:13:
Exodus 22:29-30
Exodus 23:14-17
Leviticus 27:28
Deuteronomy 21:4
Isaiah 1:27
Isaiah 29:22
Matthew 23:5
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