Deuteronomy 15:19

WEB

All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to the Lord your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

KJV

All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

Commentary

All the firstling males that come of thy herd, or of thy flock, thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God,.... According t o the law in Exo 13:2 . See Gill on Exo 13:2 ; See Gill on Exo 13:12 ; See Gill on Exo 13:13 , thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock: as to plough or tread out the corn with it, which were done with other heifers: nor shear the firstling of thy sheep; nor was the wool shorn of it to be made use of; one of the Jewish canons runs thus,"if any man weave an hand's breadth of the wool of a firstling into cloth, the cloth is to be burnt (l).'' (l) Misn. Orlah, c. 3. sect. 3.