KJV King James Version
And [whether it be] cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Leviticus 22:28
And [whether it be] cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
WEB World English Bible
Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
ASV American Standard Version
And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but an ox or sheep—it and its young one, ye do not slaughter in one day.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 22
25 Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption [is] in them, [and] blemishes [be] in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
28 And [whether it be] cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer [it] at your own will.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I [am] the LORD.
31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I [am] the LORD.
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Cross-references
Deuteronomy 22:6-7If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, [whether they be] young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:Deuteronomy 14:21Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.Exodus 23:19The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.Exodus 34:26The 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.
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