19. Every first offspring is mine. That includes all your male livestock, the oldest offspring of cows and sheep.
20. But a donkey’s oldest offspring you may ransom with a sheep. Or if you don’t ransom it, you must break its neck. You should ransom all of your oldest sons.No one should appear before me empty-handed.
21. You should do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you should rest. Even during plowing or harvesttime you should rest.
22. You should observe the Festival of Weeks, for the early produce of the wheat harvest, and the Gathering Festival at the end of the year.
23. All your males should appear three times a year before the Lord God, Israel’s God.
24. I will drive out nations before you and extend your borders. No one will desire and try to take your land if you go up and appear before the Lord your God three times a year.
25. Don’t slaughter the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened. The sacrifice of the Passover Festival shouldn’t be left over until the morning.