Exodus 22:29-31
New English Translation
29 “Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats.[a] You must give me the firstborn of your sons. 30 You must also do this for your oxen and for your sheep; seven days they may remain with their mothers, but give them to me on the eighth day.
31 “You will be holy[b] people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field.[c] You must throw it to the dogs.
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- Exodus 22:29 tn The expressions are unusual. U. Cassuto renders them: “from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses” (Exodus, 294). He adds the Hittite parallel material to show that the people were to bring the offerings on time and not let them overlap, because the firstfruits had to be eaten first by the priest.
- Exodus 22:31 sn The use of this word here has to do with the laws of the sanctuary and not some advanced view of holiness. The ritual holiness at the sanctuary would prohibit eating anything torn to pieces.
- Exodus 22:31 tn Or “by wild animals.”
Exodus 22:29-31
New King James Version
29 “You shall not delay to offer (A)the first of your ripe produce and your juices. (B)The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. 30 (C)Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother (D)seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
31 “And you shall be (E)holy men to Me: (F)you shall not eat meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
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