²⁷ “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as the Lord’s offering by fire.^[a](A)

³⁰ You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall remain with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.^(A)

²⁵ nor shall you accept any such animals from a foreigner to offer as food to your God; since they are mutilated, with a blemish in them, they shall not be accepted on your behalf.”^(A)

²³ “When you come into the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall regard their fruit as forbidden;^[a] three years it shall be forbidden^[b] to you; it must not be eaten. ²⁴ In the fourth year all their fruit shall be set apart for rejoicing in the Lord.^(A)

² “Speak to the Israelites, saying:

“If a woman conceives and bears a male child, she shall be unclean seven days; as at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.^{(A) 3} On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.^(B)