Exodus 22:30

You must also give me the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. They can stay with their mothers for their first seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.

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In The King James Version

Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

In Context

29You must not hold on to the required offerings of your produce, olive oil, and wine. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

31You are to be holy people to me. You must not eat any animal carcass that you find in the countryside that has been killed by wild animals. Throw it to the dogs to eat.”

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Cross References

Exodus 13:12you are to present to the Lord all firstborn males, human or animal. The firstborn males of your livestock all belong to the Lord.

Leviticus 7:24You can use the fat of an animal found dead or killed by wild beasts for whatever purpose you want, but you must not eat it.

Leviticus 11:44because I am the Lord your God; so dedicate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Don't defile yourselves by any animal that crawls along the ground.

Leviticus 12:3The boy's foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.

Leviticus 22:8He must not eat anything that has died, or has been killed by wild animals, because that would make him unclean. I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 14:21You must not eat any animal that dies. You can give it to a foreigner in your town, and they can eat it, or you can sell it to a foreigner. You, however, are a holy people who belong to the Lord your God. Don't cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:26-31

25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 Thou… Read the whole commentary →

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