It was a very hungry god that demanded the first born of all species - as well as large amounts of other foods.
11 “Now when Adonai brings you into the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and your fathers and gives it you, 12 you are to set apart to Adonai every firstborn from the womb, and every firstborn male animal you have will be Adonai’s. 13 Every firstborn donkey you are to redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you are to break its neck. But you are to redeem every firstborn male among your sons.
What did god have against donkeys?
I suppose if a poor man could not redeem his first born son, then that was the end of the son.
Later on, the priests tell us that Jehovah very kindly said that they could have most of the sacrifices. At least that is what the priests said.
It is interesting that the word וְתֻכִּיִּֽים is disputed, it is a foreign word, to Hebrew. Some Bibles say it is peacocks, others say it means baboons or monkeys
Albright believes that Ophir refers to a place in Africa and that the word thukkiyyîm is an Egyptian loan-word that means “monkey”
> 1 Kings 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
'Three' is clearly referenced abundantly in The Bible. In this particular case, why three? To what do gold and silver refer? With a possible Ancient Egyptian loan-word, perhaps these concepts can be tied together.
Taking out of context " Gold, Silver, Ivory, Apes, Peakcocks " These five have an association There is an old saying of aristocratic apes and pestilent peacocks, these are attributes of men in the the navy(1 Kings 10:22)
This context is a sample of materialism and those associated with it. Unfortunately in our present age there has been an increase of " apes and peacocks " of vanity and vexation of spirit.