9220. Verses 28-31 You shall not revile God, and you shall not curse a governor of your people. You shall not be slow [to offer] the firstfruits of your grain and the firstfruits of your wine. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. You shall do the same with your oxen, [and] with your flock. Seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me. And men of holiness shall you be to Me. And you shall not eat flesh torn in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs. ¹

'You shall not revile God' means that God's truths are not to be blasphemed. 'And you shall not curse a governor of your people' means that teachings presenting the truth are not to be, either. 'And you shall not be slow [to offer] the firstfruits of your grain and the firstfruits of your wine' means that since all the good and the truth of faith come from the Lord they are to be ascribed to Him, not to self. 'The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me' means all the matters of faith that [are acquired] through them. 'You shall do the same with your oxen, [and] with your flock' means extending to exterior good and interior good. 'Seven days it shall be with its mother' means their first state with truths. 'On the eighth day you shall give it to Me' means that in the initial phase of the following state when they lead a life of good they dwell with the Lord. 'And men of holiness shall you be to Me' means a state of life then composed of good. 'And you shall not eat flesh torn in the field' means that falsified good of faith must not be joined [to oneself]. 'You shall throw it to the dogs' means that these things are unclean.

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