1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Exodus 23:19 | *Thou shalt carry the first-fruits of the corn of thy ground to the house of the Lord thy God. **Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam. Exodus 34:26. --- ** Deuteronomy 14:21. | Dam. The paschal victim must not be so young as to be still suckled. The Samaritan subjoins, "Because that would be like immolating an animal found dead, and the God of Jacob hates it." (Calmet) --- Some imagine that this law alludes to a superstitious custom of the pagans, (Spencer, Rit. 2:8,) or it forbids eating animals while they are, as it were, all milk, not eight days old. (Rivet) |