Commentary for Bekhorot 7:28
הלוים הוקשו כל הלוים זה לזה
The Divine Law makes [the duty of the first-born] depend on the opening of the womb.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' We go therefore by the mother and since she comes of a tribe which is exempt from redemption of the first-born, we link the son with the mother and not with the father, that is provided the exemption in the wilderness extended to all Levites, even those who were not a month old at the time.');"><sup>18</sup></span>
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