Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THE FIRST-BORN SANCTIFIED. (Exodus 13:1-2)
Sanctify unto me all the first-born—To "sanctify" means to "consecrate," to "set apart" from a common to a sacred use. The foundation of this duty rested on the fact that the Israelites, having had their first-born preserved by a distinguishing act of grace from the general destruction that overtook the families of the Egyptians, were bound in token of gratitude to consider them as the Lord's peculiar property (compare Hebrews 12:23).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Exodus 13:2:
Exodus 13:2
Numbers 1:47-54
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Deuteronomy 15:19
Luke 2:22-24
Hebrews 12:22-23
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