²⁰ Bring them every year to the place the Eternal will choose, and make them part of the feast you and your household eat in the presence of the Eternal your God. ²¹ But if the firstborn has some defect such as lameness or blindness—any serious problem—don’t offer it as a sacrifice to Him. ²² Instead eat it as a regular meal in your own city. This is not a sacred meal, so people don’t need to be ritually pure to eat it. It will be like eating a gazelle or a deer.