Exo 23:19, Deu 26:2 | Geneva | STEP | 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 {l} mother's milk. (l) Meaning, that no fruit should be taken before just time: and by this all cruel and wanton appetites are controlled.

Exodus 23:19

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 {l} mother's milk.

(l) Meaning, that no fruit should be taken before just time: and by this all cruel and wanton appetites are controlled.

Deuteronomy 26:2

{a} That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to {b} place his name there.

(a) By this ceremony they acknowledged that they received the land of Canaan as a free gift from God. (b) To be called upon, served and worshipped spiritually, De 12:5.