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26 ‎[1] ONLY THE FIRSTBORN OF THE BEASTS … NO MAN SHALL SANCTIFY IT — “as a different offering, because it is not his.” Thus the language of Rashi. The correct interpretation is that He is saying: “there is no need to sanctify it [the firstling], for *whether it be ox or sheep, it is the Eternal’s* automatically.” The verse is thus [to be understood] as a negation. And in the Book of Deuteronomy He stated, *All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Eternal thy G-d*, meaning that it is holy and that you are to treat it with holiness, so that you are not to do work with it, nor shear it, and that you are to *eat it before the Eternal*, as He will explain.
Version: Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976
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