Deuteronomy 15:19-23

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Consecration of Firstborn Animals

¹⁹ “You must consecrate to the Lord your God every firstborn male produced by your herd and flock.^(A) You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work or shear the firstborn of your flock. ²⁰ Each year you and your family are to eat it before the Lord your God in the place the Lord chooses. ²¹ But if there is a defect in the animal, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. ²² Eat it within your gates; both the unclean person and the clean may eat it, as though it were a gazelle or deer. ²³ But you must not eat its blood; pour it on the ground like water.^(B)