540 B
540 B
each male child who opens the womb, the firstborn
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
male child who who opens the womb
This refers to the first male child to which a mother gives birth. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
I took the lives
AT: "I killed" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)
I set them apart
Here the word "them" refers to "the firstborn from among the people of Israel."