Mixtures of milk and meat (, basar bechalav, literally "meat in milk") are prohibited according to Jewish law. This dietary law, basic to kashrut, is based on a verse in the Book of Exodus, which forbids "boiling a (kid) goat in its mother's milk". This prohibition is repeated in Deuteronomy. According to the Talmud, these almost identical references are the basis for three distinct dietary laws: *the prohibition against cooking a mixture of milk and meat *the prohibition against eating a cooked mixture of milk and meat *the prohibition against deriving any benefit from a cooked mixture ...