The Firstborn Animals

¹⁹ Set apart for the Lord^(A) your God every firstborn male^(B) of your herds and flocks.^(C) Do not put the firstborn of your cows to work, and do not shear the firstborn of your sheep.^{(D) 20} Each year you and your family are to eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose.^{(E) 21} If an animal has a defect,^(F) is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.^{(G) 22} You are to eat it in your own towns. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer.^{(H) 23} But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.^(I)