the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . God . Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 . mother's : i.e. in the milk of its dam. Repeated, Exo 84:26 and Deuteronomy 14:21 . For similar consideration compare Deuteronomy 22:6 . Leviticus 22:28 . read more
"Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened breads; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until morning. 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."That the Passover itself was clearly in view in the previous verse is proved by the mention here of one of the key regulations of that feast, namely, that all of it should be consumed, before morning."Thou shalt not... read more
Exodus 23:19. The first of the first-fruits, &c— See ch. Exodus 22:29. This command refers to the first-fruits to be offered at the several festivals, when they were settled in the land of Canaan. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk— This extraordinary command is repeated, ch. Exo 34:26 and Deu 14:21 and in the same connexion as here, with the payment of first-fruits; which would naturally lead one to suppose, that it has some reference to the payment of those fruits, and to... read more
19. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk—A prohibition against imitating the superstitious rites of the idolaters in Egypt, who, at the end of their harvest, seethed a kid in its mother's milk and sprinkled the broth as a magical charm on their gardens and fields, to render them more productive the following season. [See on :-]. read more
The reiteration of basic principles of worship 23:13-19 read more
The commentators have accounted for the prohibition against boiling a kid (young lamb) in its mother’s milk in many different ways. Some scholars believe it was the opposition to commingling life and death, a source of life and its product, or Israel and the nations, that was the basis for this prohibition (cf. Leviticus 22:27-28; Deuteronomy 22:6). [Note: Jacob Milgrom, "’You Shall Not Boil a Kid in It’s Mother’s Milk,’" Bible Review 1:3 (Fall 1985):48-55; Merrill, in The Old . . ., p. 63.]... read more
The Book of the Covenant (concluded)1-19. Miscellaneous Laws.1. Raise] RV ’take up,’ i.e. give ear to. This is an extension of the ninth commandment: cp. the Arabic proverb, ’In wickedness the listener is the ally of the speaker.’2. To decline after] RV ’to turn aside after.’ 3. Countenance] Give undue favour to. As judgment is to be without fear (Exodus 23:2), so is it to be without favour, whether of rich or poor: cp. Exodus 23:6.4, 5. Thine enemy’s ox] The Mosaic Law inculcates the duty of... read more
XXIII.(1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of Exodus 23:19 there is, on the contrary, a certain connection, since the laws enunciated are concerned with ceremonial observance. The closing law, however, is not ceremonial, but the prohibition of a practice considered to be cruel. On the whole, it may be said that The Book of the Covenant maintains its unsystematic... read more
(19) The first of the firstfruits—i.e., the very first that ripen. There was a natural tendency to “delay” the offering (Exodus 22:29) until a considerable part of the harvest had been got in. True gratitude makes a return for benefits received as soon as it, can. “Bis dat qui cito dat.”The house of the Lord. Comp. Exodus 34:26 and Deuteronomy 23:18. It is known to Moses that the “place which God will choose to put his name there” is to be a “house,” or “temple.”Thou shalt not seethe a kid.—A... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 23:1-19
Miscellaneous matters (22:18-23:19)Israelite law prohibited pagan customs and religious practices that threatened the nation’s spiritual life. The penalty for such offences was usually death (18-20). The Israelite people were to remember their own bitter experiences in Egypt and show mercy to the disadvantaged. The law against charging interest on a loan was designed to encourage the rich to help the poor instead of exploiting them (21-27). (For the contrast between lending that is greedy... read more