Exodus 34:26

26 "You shall bring 1the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God. "Y ou shall 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 "For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
25 "You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover to be left over until morning.
26 "You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God. "Y ou shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."
27 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
28 So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 26:2
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