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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[a] in its mother’s milk.”

27 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Write for yourself these words, because according to[b] these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

The Shining Face of Moses

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:26 Or “kid”
  2. Exodus 34:27 Literally “on the mouth of”

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)

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