19 'Every firstling that is born in thy herd and in thy flock—the male thou dost sanctify to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock; 20 before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house. 21 'And when there is in it a blemish, lame, or blind, any evil blemish, thou dost not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God; 22 within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart. 23 Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as 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.