Bible Strands
Exodus 34:26
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord addresses Moses at the conclusion of the covenant renewal, commanding him to record these instructions for Israel.
The words — The text commands bringing בִּכּוּרֵי (bi.ku.Rei), the first-fruits, from אַדְמָתְךָ ('ad.Ma.te.kha), your ground, to the house of Yahweh.
The thread — The firstfruits command repeats in Exodus 23:19 and Deuteronomy 26:2, while the prohibition against cooking a young goat in its mother’s milk appears in Exodus 23:19 and Deuteronomy 14:21.
Why it lands — The text demands prioritizing the initial harvest for God’s dwelling and forbids a specific agricultural practice involving livestock.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
Cross-references
- Exodus 23:19 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Deuteronomy 14:21 You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Deuteronomy 26:2 you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
- Deuteronomy 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.
- Proverbs 3:9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
- Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
- James 1:18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.