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Exodus 22:30

28 You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

29 You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.

You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.

31 You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.
KJV
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.
WEB
You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
ASV
Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
DARBY
Likewise shalt thou do with thy calf, with thy sheep: seven days shall it be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
BLB
Likewise you shall do with your oxen [and] with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
ÅB
Det samme skal du gjøre med ditt storfe og ditt småfe; syv dager skal det være hos moren; den åttende dag skal du gi meg det.
OTB
Gjør det samme med ditt storfe og dine sauer. La dem bli hos sine mødre i syv dager, men presenter dem for meg på den åttende dagen.
B1930
Det samme skal du gjøre med ditt storfe og ditt småfe; syv dager skal det være hos moren; den åttende dag skal du gi mig det.

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 22:27

    “When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 15:19

    You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.

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  • Exodus 13:12

    you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

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  • Leviticus 12:3

    And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

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