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13:11	There will come a time when God will have brought you to the land of the Canaanites, which he promised you and your ancestors, and he will have given it to you. Vehayah ki-yevi'acha Adonay el-erets haKna'ani ka'asher nishba lecha vela'avoteycha unetanah lach.
13:12	You will then bring to God every [first-born] that initiates the womb. Whenever you have a young firstling animal, the males belong to God. Veha'avarta chol-peter-rechem l'Adonay vechol-peter sheger behemah asher yihyeh lecha hazecharim l'Adonay.

Commentary:

young
Sheger in Hebrew. Cf. Deuteronomy 7:13 (Rashbam; Radak, Sherashim). See Ecclesiasticus 40:19.

the males belong to God
See Exodus 34:19, 20, Leviticus 27:26, Deuteronomy 15:19.

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