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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.

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ASV

The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

KJV

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.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רֵאשִׁ֗יתre.Shit[the] beginning 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 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תְבַשֵּׁ֥לte.va.Shelyou must boilH1310 →
גְּדִ֖יge.Dia kidH1423 →
בַּחֲלֵ֥בba.cha.Levin [the] milk ofH2461 →
אִמּֽוֹ׃ ס'i.Momother itsH517 →

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Proverbs 3:9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;Exodus 34:26Bring 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 14:21You 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 26:10And 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.Exodus 22:29You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.Nehemiah 10:35We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.Leviticus 23:10“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.Ezekiel 44:30The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.Numbers 18:12–13I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.Deuteronomy 26:2you 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,Numbers 18:12I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.Exodus 13:2“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”1 Corinthians 15:20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.Revelation 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.Leviticus 22:28But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.Leviticus 2:12You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

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