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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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19 (A)You shall consecrate to the Lord your God all the firstborn males that are born in your herd and in your flock; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. 20 (B)You and your household shall eat it every year before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses. 21 (C)But if it has any impairment, such as a limp, or blindness, or any serious impairment, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 22 You shall eat it within your gates; (D)the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as (E)a gazelle or a deer. 23 Only (F)you shall not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

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