bekor, .<\/p>\n
1. Moses was to say to Pharaoh, “Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my first-born.” Exo 4:22. God called him out of Egypt, which is applied also to the Lord Jesus. Hos 11:1; Mat 2:15.<\/p>\n
2. Because Pharaoh refused to let God’s first-born go, all the first-born of Egypt were slain. Exo 12:29.<\/p>\n
3. God claimed for Himself all the first-born of the children of Israel, and of their cattle. The first-born of Israel were redeemed by the sons of Levi, as far as they went, and the remainder were redeemed with money. Num 3:12-51.<\/p>\n
4. To the first-born son in a family pertained the birthright. Esau was called a profane person for selling his birthright: it was despising the gift of God. The first-born son was to inherit a double portion of his father’s property. Deu 21:15-17.<\/p>\n
5. In the N.T. the term is applied to the Lord: He was Mary’s first-born. Mat 1:25. He is also called, in pre-eminence, ‘the first-born of every creature,’ Col 1:15; ‘the first-born among many brethren,’ Rom 8:29; and ‘the first-born from the dead.’ Col 1:18; Rev 1:5. In bringing ‘the first-begotten’ into the world, God says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.” Heb 1:6.<\/p>\n
In the O.T. also the title had the force of pre-eminence, irrespective of the time of birth. David, though the youngest, was made the firstborn: of. Psa 89:27. Christ also in every relationship must have the first place, as is manifest in the above passages.<\/p>\n
First-begotten, First-born bekor, . 1. Moses was to say to Pharaoh, “Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my first-born.” Exo 4:22. God called him out of Egypt, which is applied also to the Lord Jesus. Hos 11:1; Mat 2:15. 2. Because Pharaoh refused to let God’s first-born go, all the first-born of … Continue reading “First-begotten, First-born”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}