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God's Response to Human Power Structures – Firstborn E1

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The Law of the Firstborn

In Hammurabi's code, the first wife's firstborn receives a preferential share. That's just like the law in Deuteronomy. There was an ancient eastern city of Mari documents found where there's a legal decision recorded to grant a double portion to the natural firstborn son. And it's the city of Alalach on the Arontes River.

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