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Of the Firstlings
v. 19. All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord, thy God, as a sacrifice or its equivalent; thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep, use the animals consecrated to Jehovah for earthly purposes.
v. 20. Thou shalt eat it before the Lord, thy God, year by year, in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household, as a sacrificial meal. Cf Deu_12:5-7; Exo_13:2; Exo_34:19.
v. 21. And if there be any blemish therein, as, if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, if it is not physically perfect, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord, thy God, in order not to profane the sacred meals.
v. 22. Thou shalt eat it within thy gates, every Israelite in his own city; the (Levitically) unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck and as the hart, which were not sacrificial animals, but could be used for food, Deu_12:15 to Deu_21:22.
v. 23. Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water, Deu_12:16 to Deu_23:24. They were to be holy, undefiled, as the people consecrated to the Lord, a fact which is true also with regard to the spiritual condition of the Christians, who also are a chosen generation, 1Pe_2:9.