the first of the first fruits] (Chap. 34. 26. Deuteronomy 14:22. Exodus 22:30.) were yearely separated from the rest of the yeares increase, the quantity whereof (by the tradition of the Jewes) was a part betweene the fourty, fiftie, and the sixtieth part, at the discretion of the offerer.
in the mothers milke] Either as affecting excessively the pleasing of the palate with too much curiositie, because usually flesh is boyled in water, and not in milke; or it may be the meat of a Kid so young, that it is (in respect of the late yeaning of it) rather moist like milke, then any firme or solid flesh; and so not wholesome as that which is of more age: or this may have reference to the Paschall sacrifice, (which was to be taken from the goats, as well as from the sheepe, Exodus 12:5.)