Exodus 34 · Verse 26

Exodus 34:26

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.
Exodus 34:26, King James Version

Exodus 34:26 in other translations

BSBBring 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.”
WEB“You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of the LORD your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
ASVThe first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
YLTthe first of the first-fruits of the land thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.'
DARBY— The first of the first-fruits of thy land shalt thou bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
BBETake the first-fruits of your land as an offering to the house of the Lord your God. Let not the young goat be cooked in its mother's milk
WebsterThe first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring to the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

What does Exodus 34:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 34:8-26

8-26. Moses bowed ... and worshipped--In the East, people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by, while in the West, they take off their hats and shout.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk - See this amply considered Exo 23:19 (note).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 34:18-27

Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance of the sabbath day in harvest time. We must show that we prefer our communion with God, and our duty to him, before the business or the joy of harvest. Thrice a year they must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel…

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Exodus 34:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

רֵאשִׁ֗יתre.Shit[the] first ofH7225
בִּכּוּרֵי֙bi.ku.Rei[the] first-fruits ofH1061
אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔'ad.Ma.te.khaground yourH127
תָּבִ֕יאta.Vi'you will bringH935
בֵּ֖יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תְבַשֵּׁ֥לte.va.Shelyou will boilH1310
גְּדִ֖יge.Dia kidH1423
בַּחֲלֵ֥בba.cha.Levin [the] milk ofH2461
אִמּֽוֹ\׃\ \פ'i.Momother itsH517

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 34:26

  • Exodus 23:19

    The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

  • Deuteronomy 14:21

    Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

  • Deuteronomy 26:2

    That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

  • Deuteronomy 26:10

    And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God:

  • 1 Corinthians 15:20

    But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

  • Proverbs 3:9-10

    Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

  • Matthew 6:33

    But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

  • James 1:18

    Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
first.
23:19; De 26:2,10; Pr 3:9,10; Mt 6:33; 1Co 15:20; Jas 1:18
seethe.
23:19; De 14:21

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Context

  • Exodus 34:25

    Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

  • Exodus 34:26

    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.

  • Exodus 34:27

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

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Exodus 34:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La primicia de los primeros frutos de tu tierra meterás en la casa de Jehová tu Dios. No cocerás el cabrito en la leche de su madre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu apporteras à la maison de l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, les prémices des premiers fruits de ta terre. – Tu ne cuiras pas le chevreau dans le lait de sa mère.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das Erste der Erstlinge deines Landes sollst du in das Haus Jehovas, deines Gottes, bringen. Du sollst ein Böcklein nicht kochen in der Milch seiner Mutter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Primitias frugum terræ tuæ offeres in domo Domini Dei tui. Non coques hædum in lacte matris suæ.