Deuteronomy

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NASB	Deuteronomy 21:17 "But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.
AMPLIFIED 2015 2015	Deuteronomy 21:17 "Instead he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved as the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he was the beginning of his strength (generative power); to him belongs the right of the firstborn.

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Bible Question: I would like a complete understanding of the significance of the firstborn, birthrights, etc.
I am currently reading Exodus.

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First-born
sons enjoyed certain special privileges (De
21:17; Ge 25:23,31,34; 49:3; 1Ch 5:1; Heb
12:16; Ps 89:27). (See Birthright.)

The "first-born of the poor" signifies the most
miserable of the poor (Isa 14:30). The "church of
the first-born" signifies the church of the
redeemed.

The destruction of the first-born was the last of
the ten plagues inflicted on the Egyptians (Ex
11:1-8; 12:29-30).

Menephtah is probably the Pharaoh whose
first-born was slain. His son did not succeed or
survive his father, but died early. The son's tomb
has been found at Thebes unfinished, showing it
was needed earlier than was expected. Some of
the records on the tomb are as follows: "The son
whom Menephtah loves; who draws towards him
his father's heart, the singer, the prince of
archers, who governed Egypt on behalf of his
father. Dead."

Birthright
(1.) This word denotes the special privileges and
advantages belonging to the first-born son
among the Jews. He became the priest of the
family. Thus Reuben was the first-born of the
patriarchs, and so the priesthood of the tribes
belonged to him. That honour was, however,
transferred by God from Reuben to Levi (Nu
3:12-13; 8:18).

(2.) The first-born son had allotted to him also a
double portion of the paternal inheritance (De
21:15-17). Reuben was, because of his undutiful
conduct, deprived of his birth-right (Ge 49:4; 1Ch
5:1). Esau transferred his birth-right to Jacob
(Ge 25:33).

(3.) The first-born inherited the judicial authority
of his father, whatever it might be (2Ch 21:3). By
divine appointment, however, David excluded
Adonijah in favour of Solomon.

(4.) The Jews attached a sacred importance to
the rank of "first-born" and "first-begotten" as
applied to the Messiah (Ro 8:29; Col 1:18; Heb
1:4-6). As first-born he has an inheritance
superior to his brethren, and is the alone true
priest.

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