Numbers 3: The Firstborn Are Mine

Firstborn is a word that can be used as a singular or a plural word. Here (verse 13) it is in the plural. God claimed the firstborn of man and beast as His Own consecrated (hallowed) ones. No doubt this was by design so that when He announced that Jesus was His firstborn (Colossians 1:15,18), it would be a familiar theme. And then when He, by His marvelous grace, honors us with being firstborn when we obey the gospel (Hebrews 12:23), we get to have the knowledge of being consecrated and hallowed, too!