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  1. Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. In biblical times, the firstborn was given certain unique rights, responsibilities, and privileges. A married couple’s firstborn male child was given priority and preeminence in the family, and the best of the inheritance. The nation of Israel is identified as God’s “firstborn” in the Bible ( Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 31:9 ); in ...

  2. The Rights of the Firstborn. If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without to a stranger…. We have already observed that the firstborn had a right to a double share of the family inheritance ( Deuteronomy 21:17 ). We have before us another of his rights - a seed was to be ...

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  4. New Century Version. The Law of the Firstborn. 13 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give every firstborn male to me. Every firstborn male among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”. 3 Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, the day you left Egypt.

  5. The Law of the Firstborn. by Staff. Forerunner, March-April 2002. 2002-03-01. "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power." So says Jacob to his son Reuben in Genesis 49:3. In ancient Israel, the firstborn child in every family was considered to be extra-special.

  6. Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn. 15 “If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,[ a] 16 then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the ...

  7. Jun 1, 2004 · The use of the term, however, may prepare the reader for 2:23-24 in which case the emphasis would be on Jesus as the firstborn who is entitled to all the rights of a firstborn, including any regal rights. 5. Romans 8:29

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