Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel.

 Exodus 34:18-35

Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt.

The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons.

Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest, you must rest.

Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year. Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel.

Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord.

When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. 

Israel's firstborn belong to God, but are bought back from him - there is to be no child-sacrifice as in Canaan. They must not forget the sabbath law in the coming busy seasons of sowing and harvest. The first fruits are to be brought to God since it is he who makes the land fruitful. Israel is not to resort to the Canaanite practice of boiling a kid in its mother's milk to increase fertility.

Moses' ling communion with God shows in his face when he returns to the people he begins to reflect something of God's own glory.

Why?

The most common explanation for this verse is that there was a Canaanite ritual in which a baby goat was boiled in its mother’s milk as a means of sacrifice to a pagan god.

The Lord asked his people, men, have to obey his word three times a year appear before the Lord, even in busy seasons have to set the Lord in the first place.

The first offspring belong to the Lord, it is the same meaning that put the Lord in the first priority for God is the source of our achievements.

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1.神與以色列人重新立約： 要守節：除酵節，七七節，收藏節(住棚節)。除酵節：紀念我們的得救，七七節，收藏節：紀念神一整年的供應。為了服事神，不要擔心會有人來備取收穫，不用擔心我們會失去工作。守安息日：讓人享受工作的成果，並且單單來親近神，維繫與神的關係，如果說沒有與神親密的關係，豐收也沒有意義了。

2.奉獻一切頭生的，初熟的果子。不可用羊奶來煮羊羔，怎麼原來要讓羊羔生命成長的羊奶來煮。這是何等惡的事情本來神讓人有豐盛怎麼可以做這種糟蹋生命的事。今天人透過耶穌認識到神，別人從看見我們來看見神。讓我們來折反出神的榮耀。

摩西不自誇，在人面前講神的話，一個真正愛主、屬靈的人不會到處去說，我如何愛主，屬靈、當人自以為有能力時就是開始敗亡的時候。我們在人面前，不要誇自己，不要彰顯自己。

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How?

All of these commands lead God's people to remember the Lord is caring their heart be with Him. When we are walking with the Lord, we don't worry anything.