Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
but an ox or sheep--it and its young one, ye do not slaughter in one day.
A cow, or sheep — it and its young shall ye not slaughter in one day.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)