Lev 22:28 | KD | STEP | The command not to kill an ox or sheep at the same time as its young is related to the law in and , and was intended to lay it down as a duty on the part of the Israelites to keep sacred the relation which God had established between parent and offspring. - In , , the command to eat the flesh of the animal on the day on which it was offered ( ; ) is repeated with special reference to the praise-offering.

‏ Leviticus 22:28

The command not to kill an ox or sheep at the same time as its young is related to the law in Exo 23:19 and Deu 22:6-7, and was intended to lay it down as a duty on the part of the Israelites to keep sacred the relation which God had established between parent and offspring. - In Lev 22:29, Lev 22:30, the command to eat the flesh of the animal on the day on which it was offered (Lev 7:15; Lev 19:5-6) is repeated with special reference to the praise-offering.