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204. The Milk and the Meat: Why God Forbade Boiling a Goat in Its Mother’s Milk

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Wise Counsel

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Feb 17, 2026

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Summary

In this episode of Wise Counsel, host Robert Smith explores the strange-sounding command in Exodus 23:19—“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.” To modern readers, it feels arbitrary, even odd. But as scholars like Dr. Michael S. Heiser and Tremper Longman III explain, this law confronts ancient Canaanite fertility rituals and points to a deeper truth about life, holiness, and gratitude. Robert unpacks how God taught Israel to reject pagan symbolism that blended life and death—and how we too must guard against worshiping the gifts of creation instead of the Giver.