Exodus 23:19-21

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁹ “When you gather your crops at harvest time, you should bring the first of everything you harvest to the house^[a] of the Lord your God.

“You must not eat the meat from a young goat that is boiled in its mother’s milk.”

God Will Help Israel Take Their Land

²⁰ “I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to lead you to the place that I have prepared for you. ²¹ Obey the angel and follow him. Be careful in his presence, and don’t rebel against him. The angel will not forgive the wrong things you do to him. He has my power^[b] in him.