These animals were to be eaten in the central sanctuary, perhaps during the Festival of Booths, when the tithes were offered (see 14.23).

It will be helpful to begin this verse with a word such as “Instead”; for example, “Instead, each year you must eat the first-born….”

You and your household: see 14.26.

Before the LORD your God: in the sanctuary (see 14.26).

At the place which the LORD will choose: see 14.23.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .