Exodus 34:26

26 "You must bring the first and best of the produce harvested from your soil to the house of the LORD your God. "Never cook a young goat in its mother's milk."

Exodus 34:26 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 34:26

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring,
&c.] This, and another law in this verse, concerning not seething a kid in his mother's milk, are repeated from ( Exodus 23:19 ) . (See Gill on Exodus 23:19).

Exodus 34:26 In-Context

24 I will force nations out of your way and will expand [your country's] borders. No one will want to take away your land while you're gone three times a year to the LORD's festivals.
25 "Never offer the blood of a sacrifice to me at the same time you offer anything containing yeast. No part of the sacrifice at the Passover festival should be left over in the morning.
26 "You must bring the first and best of the produce harvested from your soil to the house of the LORD your God. "Never cook a young goat in its mother's milk."
27 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, because on the basis of these words I'm making a promise to Israel and to you."
28 Moses was there with the LORD 40 days and 40 nights without food or water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the promise, the ten commandments.
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