Deuteronomy 15:19-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Firstborn of Livestock
19 “Every firstling male born of your herd and flock you shall consecrate to the Lord your God; you shall not do work with your firstling ox nor shear the firstling of your flock.(A) 20 You shall eat it, you together with your household, in the presence of the Lord your God year by year at the place that the Lord will choose.(B) 21 But if it has any defect—any serious defect, such as lameness or blindness—you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God;(C) 22 within your towns you may eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as you would a gazelle or deer.(D) 23 Its blood, however, you must not eat; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.(E)
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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)
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