Exodus 34:26-28
Amplified Bible
26 “You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of the Lord your God.
“You shall not [a]boil a young goat in his mother’s milk [as some pagans do].”
27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread and drank no water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
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- Exodus 34:26 This may have been a pagan practice, perhaps a fertility rite.
Exodus 34:26-28
New International Version
26 “Bring the best of the firstfruits(A) of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”(B)
27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write(C) down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant(D) with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights(E) without eating bread or drinking water.(F) And he wrote on the tablets(G) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.(H)
Exodus 34:26-28
New King James Version
26 (A)“The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write (B)these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 (C)So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And (D)He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the [a]Ten Commandments.
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- Exodus 34:28 Lit. Ten Words
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