Exodus 34:26

26 The beginning of the firstfruits of your land you will bring [to] the house of Yahweh your God. You will not boil 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 because I will evict nations before you, and I will enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up to appear before Yahweh your God three times in the year.

25 "You will not slaughter the blood of my sacrifice on [food with] yeast, and the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover will not stay overnight to the morning.

26 The beginning of the firstfruits of your land you will bring [to] the house of Yahweh your God. You will not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."

27 And Yahweh said to Moses, "Write for yourself these words, because {according to} these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

28 And he was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights. He ate no food and drank no water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten words.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "kid"