The Meaning of Exodus 34:26 Explained

Exodus 34:26

KJV: The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

YLT: the first of the first-fruits of the land thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.'

Darby: The first of the first-fruits of thy land shalt thou bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

ASV: The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The first  of the firstfruits  of thy land  thou shalt bring  unto the house  of the LORD  thy God.  Thou shalt not seethe  a kid  in his mother's  milk. 

What does Exodus 34:26 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 34:18-35 - Moses Brings The Renewed Tables Of The Law
For forty days, with no sustenance from bread or water, Moses abode on the Mount-absorbed with a passion of love and awe-not counting the hours which passed like a dream. He talked with God as a man face to face with His friend; but he was completely unaware of the marvelous transformation which this holy intercourse was effecting. At God's dictation he wrote out the covenant, as we have it in this Book, and finally God gave him the two tables of stone, on which He had imprinted His autograph.
With these in his hand Moses descended to the plain, unconscious that his face shone. See 2 Corinthians 3:18, r.v. The Apostle urges that we, as Christians, should first behold, and then reflect the glory of Jesus. We must be mirrors, for the purpose of shedding His light among our fellow-men; and in the effort to do this we shall become transfigured into His glorious beauty from one degree to another. The crowning glory of that transfiguration will be our unconsciousness: "He wist not." [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 34

1  The tablets are replaced
5  The name of the Lord proclaimed
8  Moses entreats God to go with them
10  God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties
28  Moses after forty days on the mount, comes down with the tablets
29  His face is radiant, and he covers it with a veil

What do the individual words in Exodus 34:26 mean?

The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of Yahweh your God Not You shall boil a young goat in milk of its mother -
רֵאשִׁ֗ית בִּכּוּרֵי֙ אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔ תָּבִ֕יא בֵּ֖ית יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לֹא־ תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל גְּדִ֖י בַּחֲלֵ֥ב אִמּֽוֹ פ

רֵאשִׁ֗ית  The  first 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: רֵאשִׁית  
Sense: first, beginning, best, chief.
בִּכּוּרֵי֙  of  the  firstfruits 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בִּכּוּרִים  
Sense: first-fruits.
אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔  of  your  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֲדָמָה 
Sense: ground, land.
תָּבִ֕יא  you  shall  bring  to 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
בֵּ֖ית  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָ֣ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל  You  shall  boil 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: בָּשַׁל  
Sense: to boil, cook, bake, roast, ripen, grow ripe.
גְּדִ֖י  a  young  goat 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: גְּדִי  
Sense: kid, young male goat.
בַּחֲלֵ֥ב  in  milk 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חָלָב  
Sense: milk, sour milk, cheese.
אִמּֽוֹ  of  its  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation