Exodus 22:30

New Century Version

You must do the same with your bulls and your sheep. Let the firstborn males stay with their mothers for seven days, and on the eighth day you must give them to me.

Cross References

Genesis 17:12

From now on when a baby boy is eight days old, you will circumcise him. This includes any boy born among your people or any who is your slave, who is not one of your descendants.

Exodus 13:12

you must give him every firstborn male. Also every firstborn male animal must be given to the Lord.

Ezekiel 4:14

But I said, “No, Lord God! I have never been made unclean. From the time I was young until now I’ve never eaten anything that died by itself or was torn by animals. Unclean meat has never entered my mouth.”

Leviticus 11:44

I am the Lord your God. Keep yourselves holy for me because I am holy. Don’t make yourselves unclean with any of these crawling animals.

Leviticus 11:45

I am the Lord who brought you out of Egypt to be your God; you must be holy because I am holy.

Leviticus 12:3

On the eighth day the boy must be circumcised.

Leviticus 17:15

“ ‘If a person, either a citizen or a foreigner, eats an animal that died by itself or was killed by another animal, he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

Leviticus 22:27

“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must stay seven days with its mother. But from the eighth day on, this animal will be accepted as a sacrifice by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 22:8

“ ‘If a priest finds an animal that died by itself or that was killed by some other animal, he must not eat it. If he does, he will become unclean. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 7:23

“Tell the people of Israel: ‘You must not eat any of the fat from cattle, sheep, or goats.

Leviticus 7:24

If an animal is found dead or torn by wild animals, you may use its fat for other things, but you must not eat it.

Leviticus 7:26

No matter where you live, you must not eat blood from any bird or animal.

Deuteronomy 14:21

Do not eat anything you find that is already dead. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. But you are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Do not cook a baby goat in its mother’s milk.

Deuteronomy 15:19

Save all the first male animals born to your herds and flocks. They are for the Lord your God. Do not work the first calf born to your oxen, and do not cut off the wool from the first lamb born to your sheep.