15:19 You must set apart 1 for the Lord your God every firstborn male born to your herds and flocks. You must not work the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your flocks. 15:20 You and your household must eat them annually before the Lord your God in the place he 2 chooses. 15:21 If they have any kind of blemish – lameness, blindness, or anything else 3 – you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord your God.
1 tn Heb “sanctify” (תַּקְדִּישׁ, taqdish), that is, put to use on behalf of the
2 tn Heb “the Lord.” The translation uses a pronoun for stylistic reasons. See note on “he” in 15:4.
3 tn Heb “any evil blemish”; NASB “any (+ other NAB, TEV) serious defect.”