And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Tu rachèteras avec un agneau tout premier-né de l'âne; et, si tu ne le rachètes pas, tu lui briseras la nuque. Tu rachèteras aussi tout premier-né de l'homme parmi tes fils.
KJV
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
Philo Judaeus
De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini
οὐχ οἷόν τε γενεᾶς τῆς ἄρρενος ἐπιλαχεῖν, φησὶν ἑξῆς· „πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν ὄνου ἀλλάξεις προβάτῳ“ (Exod. 13, 13), ἴσον τῷ πάντα πόνον ἀντικαταλλάττου προκοπῆς· πόνου μὲν γὰρ ὄνος — τλητικὸν γὰρ τὸ ζῷον —, προκοπῆς δὲ πρόβατον, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸ δηλοῖ τοὔνομα, σύμβολον. ἴθι οὖν ἐπὶ τὴν…
Philo Judaeus
De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini
a enim quae servitutem animae inferunt, inutilia sunt omnia, etsi non desit effectus. λυτρώσῃ αὐτό“ (Exod. 13, 13), ὅπερ ἐστίν, ἐὰν μὴ δυνηθῇς προκοπὴν ἀλλάξασθαι τοῦ πονεῖν, μέθες καὶ τὸν πόνον· τὸ γάρ λυτρώσασθαι τοιοῦτον ὑποβάλλει νοῦν, ἐλευθερῶσαι τὴν ψυχὴν ἀνηνύτου καὶ ἀτελο…
Ratramnus
On the Fact that Christ Was Born of a Virgin
ore, sacrifice to the Lord every male that opens the womb, and redeem all the firstborn of my sons" (Exodus 13:13-15). Note that the firstborn are those who, by being born first, open the womb, so that you may understand that being born of a woman means coming out through the wom…
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