Exodus 23:18-20

Amplified Bible

¹⁸“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with ^[a]leavened bread; and the fat of My feast is not to be left overnight until morning.

¹⁹“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your ground into the house of the Lord your God.

“You shall not ^[b]boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

²⁰“Behold, I am going to send an ^[c]Angel before you to keep and guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

Exodus 23:18 Because leaven is a kind of fungus, it became a symbol of corruption and sin. But in some contexts it had positive connotations (e.g. Lev 23:17; Matt 13:33).
Exodus 23:19 This may have been a pagan practice, perhaps a fertility rite.
Exodus 23:20 “Angel” has been capitalized here to reflect the likelihood that it is God appearing in a visible form (see note Gen 16:7).

Exodus 23:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸“Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.^(A)

“The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.^(B)

¹⁹“Bring the best of the firstfruits^(C) of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.^(D)

²⁰“See, I am sending an angel^(E) ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.^(F)

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