Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 22:30
Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Verse 30. Seven days it shall be with his dam] For the mother’s health it was necessary that the young one should suck so long; and prior to this time the process of nutrition in a young animal can scarcely be considered as completely formed. Among the Romans lambs were not considered as pure or clean before the eighth day; nor calves before the thirtieth: Pecoris faetus die octavo purus est, bovis trigesimo.-Plin. Hist. Nat., lib. viii.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Likewise, i.e. ye shall offer their first-born.
On the eighth day; not sooner, because it was till then tender and imperfect, and therefore not fit to be offered to God; but it was not tied to that day, for it might be offered afterwards, appears from Lev 22:27, even till it was a year old.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep,…. That is, with the firstborn, which were to be set apart to the Lord; and so the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it,
“the firstborn of thine oxen, and of thy sheep;”
for having spoken of the firstborn of men, the Scripture proceeds to speak of the firstborn of cattle, great and small, the separation of which was enjoined in one and the same precept, Ex 13:2,
seven days it shall be with his dam; whether it be a calf or a lamb; before it was seven days old it was not to be taken from it, and given to the Lord:
on the eighth day thou shall give it me; that is, they might do it then, but not before; yet they were not obliged to bring it exactly on that day, but they might do it any time within the month, and at a month’s end they were obliged to redeem it, that is, give the priest the sum of five shekels for it, Nu 18:16. The Jewish canon runs thus n;
“how long are Israelites bound for the bringing of the firstborn, i.e. before they offer it to the priest? in small cattle thirty days, in large cattle fifty days.”
n Misn. Becorot, c. 4. sect. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(30) Thine oxen.Rather, thy beeves. The word used is applied to horned cattle of either sex.
Seven days it shall be with his dam.Compare Lev. 22:27. The main object of forbidding sacrifice before the eighth day would appear to have beer-regard for the health and comfort of the mother, which needed the relief obtained by suckling its offspring. There may also have underlain the prohibition some reference to birth as an impure process. Compare the circumcision of the male child on the eighth day.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
30. Seven days Comp . also Lev 22:27.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 22:30. On the eighth day thou shalt give it me Though it might not be given before the eighth day, it might be given after.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Exo 22:30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Ver. 30. On the eighth day. ] When a Sabbath had once gone over it, say the Hebrews.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Likewise: Deu 15:19
seven days: Lev 22:27
Reciprocal: Exo 13:2 – Sanctify Lev 19:23 – uncircumcised Lev 27:26 – which