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29 You must do the same with your oxen and your sheep; for seven days the firstling may stay with its mother, but on the eighth day you must give it to me.(A)

30 You shall be a people sacred to me. Flesh torn to pieces in the field you shall not eat; you must throw it to the dogs.(B)

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29 “Do not hold back offerings(A) from your granaries or your vats.[a]

“You must give me the firstborn of your sons.(B) 30 Do the same with your cattle and your sheep.(C) Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.(D)

31 “You are to be my holy people.(E) So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts;(F) throw it to the dogs.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:29 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.