‘But if his offering is from the flock, either from the sheep or from the goats, as a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without defect.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

“When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it will be considered acceptable as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the Lord.

But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young in one day.

‘However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no one may consecrate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s.