Deuteronomy 15:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ Do not think of it as a hard thing when you let your slaves go free. After all, they served you six years and did twice the work of a hired person. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do [Ex. 21:2–6; Lev. 25:39–46].

Rules About Firstborn Animals

¹⁹ Save all the first male animals born to your herds and flocks [Ex. 13:2, 11–16; 22:29; Num. 18:15–18]. They are ·for [consecrated to] the Lord your God. Do not work the first calf born to your oxen, and do not cut off the wool from the first lamb born to your sheep. ²⁰ Each year you and your ·family [^Lhouse] are to eat these animals in the presence of the Lord your God, in the place he will choose to be worshiped [^CZion; 12:4–7].