“(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)”
As it is written in the Law of the Lord: every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord — the firstborn consecration of Exodus 13:2 and 12 grounds the presentation theologically: the firstborn son belongs to the Lord in a special sense, to be redeemed by the sacrifice. The Law of the Lord (not merely the law) communicates the divine origin of the requirement. Jesus, presented in the temple as the Lord's firstborn, is the one in whom all the firstborn consecrations find their ultimate meaning.
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