19 " You shall consecrate to the Lord your God all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock ; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd , nor shear the firstborn of your flock . 20 " You and your household shall eat it every year before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses . 21 " But if it has any defect , such as lameness or blindness , or any serious defect , you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God . 22 "You shall eat it within your gates ; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as a gazelle or a deer . 23 "Only you shall not eat its blood ; you are to pour it out on the ground like water .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 15:19-23
Commentary on Deuteronomy 15:19-23
(Read Deuteronomy 15:19-23)
Here is a direction what to do with the firstlings. We are not now limited as the Israelites were; we make no difference between a first calf, or lamb, and the rest. Let us then look to the gospel meaning of this law, devoting ourselves and the first of our time and strength to God; and using all our comforts and enjoyments to his praise, and under the direction of his law, as we have them all by his gift.