Deuteronomy 14:21-23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 You shall not eat the carcass of any animal that has died of itself; but you may give it to a resident alien within your gates to eat, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the Lord, your God.(A)
You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.[a]
Tithes. 22 Each year you shall tithe all the produce of your seed that grows in the field;(B) 23 then in the place which the Lord, your God, chooses as the dwelling place of his name(C) you shall eat in his presence the tithe of your grain, wine and oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, that you may learn always to fear the Lord, your God.
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- 14:21 Boil a young goat in its mother’s milk: the meaning of this regulation is obscure but it may have a humane concern similar to the prohibitions against slaughtering an animal and its young on the same day (Lv 22:27–28) and capturing a mother bird along with her fledgling or eggs (Dt 22:6–7). See note on Ex 23:19.
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