SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:21
Ninguna cosa mortecina comeréis; al extranjero que está en tus poblaciones la darás, y él la comerá; o véndela al extranjero; porque tú eres pueblo santo al SEÑOR tu Dios. No cocerás el cabrito en la leche de su madre.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:21
Verse 21. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.] Mr. Calmet thinks that this precept refers to the paschal lamb only, which was not to be offered to God till it was weaned from its mother; but see the note on "Exod. xxiii. 19".
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 21. Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself , etc.] This law is repeated from ( Leviticus 17:15), thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it ; not to the proselyte of righteousness, for he might not eat of it any more than an Israelite, and if he did, he was obliged to wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and was unclean until the evening, as in ( Leviticus 17:15) but to a proselyte of the gate, who took upon him, as Jarchi observes, not to serve idols, one that has renounced idolatry, but has not embraced the Jewish religion; such an one might eat of things that died of themselves, or were not killed in a proper manner. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan call him an uncircumcised stranger or proselyte, who had not submitted to circumcision, as the proselyte of righteousness did: or thou mayest sell it unto an alien ; an idolater, one that was neither a proselyte of righteousness nor of the gate, an entire alien from the commonwealth of Israel; one that was occasionally in the land of Canaan, or was travelling in it or through it, to such an one it might be sold: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God ; separated from all others, and devoted to his service, and therefore must live on clean, food and good meat, and not eat what others might: thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk ; this is the third time this law is mentioned; refer to the notes, (see Gill on “ Exodus 23:19”), (see Gill on “ Exodus 34:26”); the reason of which repetition, the Jewish writers say f156 , is, that it is once said to forbid the eating it, a second time to forbid any use of it or profit by it, and a third time to forbid the boiling of it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-21 - Moses tells the people of Israel how God had given them thre distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in heavenly things, with which God has in Christ blessed us. Here is election; "The Lord hath chosen thee." He did not choose them because they were by their own acts a peculia people to him above other nations, but he chose them that they might be so by his grace; and thus were believers chosen, Eph 1:4. Here i adoption; "Ye are the children of the Lord your God;" not because God needed children, but because they were orphans, and needed a father Every spiritual Israelite is indeed a child of God, a partaker of his nature and favour. Here is sanctification; "Thou art a holy people. God's people are required to be holy, and if they are holy, they ar indebted to the grace God which makes them so. Those whom God choose to be his children, he will form to be a holy people, and zealous of good works. They must be careful to avoid every thing which migh disgrace their profession, in the sight of those who watch for their halting. Our heavenly Father forbids nothing but for our welfare. D thyself no harm; do not ruin thy health, thy reputation, thy domesti comforts, thy peace of mind. Especially do not murder thy soul. Do no be the vile slave of thy appetites and passions. Do not render all around thee miserable, and thyself wretched; but aim at that which i most excellent and useful. The laws which regarded many sorts of fles as unclean, were to keep them from mingling with their idolatrou neighbours. It is plain in the gospel, that these laws are now don away. But let us ask our own hearts, Are we of the children of the Lor our God? Are we separate from the ungodly world, in being set apart to God's glory, the purchase of Christ's blood? Are we subjects of the work of the Holy Ghost? Lord, teach us from these precepts how pure an holy all thy people ought to live!
Original Hebrew
לא 3808 תאכלו 398 כל 3605 נבלה 5038 לגר 1616 אשׁר 834 בשׁעריך 8179 תתננה 5414 ואכלה 398 או 176 מכר 4376 לנכרי 5237 כי 3588 עם 5971 קדושׁ 6918 אתה 859 ליהוה 3068 אלהיך 430 לא 3808 תבשׁל 1310 גדי 1423 בחלב 2461 אמו׃ 517
