^23:18“You must not offer⁴³ the blood of my sacrifice with bread containing yeast; the fat of my festal sacrifice must not remain until morning.⁴⁴^23:19The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God.

“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.⁴⁵

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Footnotes

43 The verb is תִּזְבַּח (tizbbakh), an imperfect tense from the same root as the genitive that qualifies the accusative “blood”: “you will not sacrifice the blood of my sacrifice.” The verb means “to slaughter”; since one cannot slaughter blood, a more general translation is required here. But if the genitive is explained as “my blood-sacrifice” (a genitive of specification; like “the evil of your doings” in Isa 1:16), then a translation of sacrifice would work (U. Cassuto, Exodus, ).
44 See N. Snaith, “Exodus 23:18 and 34:25,” 20 (1969): 533–34; see also M. Haran, “The Passover Sacrifice,” Studies in the Religion of Ancient Israel (), 86–116.
45 On this verse, see C. M. Carmichael, “On Separating Life and Death: An Explanation of Some Biblical Laws,” 69 (1976): 1–7; J. Milgrom, “You Shall Not Boil a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk,” 1 (1985): 48–55; R. J. Ratner and B. Zuckerman, “In Rereading the ‘Kid in Milk’ Inscriptions,” 1 (1985): 56–58; and M. Haran, “Seething a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk,” 30 (1979): 23–35. Here and at 34:26, where this command is repeated, it ends a series of instructions about procedures for worship.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning.

“The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God.

“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.

“The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.

“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“You must not offer the blood of my sacrifices with anything leavened. The fat of my festival offering must not remain until morning.

“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your land to the house of the Lord your God.

“You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods containing yeast. And do not leave the fat from the festival offerings until the next morning.

“As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the Lord your God.

“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘You will not sacrifice the blood of my sacrifice together with food with yeast, and you will not leave the fat of my feast overnight until morning.

“ ‘The best of the firstfruits of your land you will bring to the house of Yahweh your God.

“ ‘You will not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. 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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