Deuteronomy 15:20

20 You shall eat it, you together with your household, in the presence of the Lord your God year by year at the place that the Lord will choose.

Deuteronomy 15:20 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 15:20

Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God, year by year
Which, if understood of male firstlings, as in connection with the preceding verse, only priests might eat of them, being devoted to the Lord; so Jarchi says, to the priest he speaks; but if this respects the Israelites in common, then they must be understood either of female firstlings or second firstlings, which the people voluntarily separated, and which they were not to eat in their own houses,

but in the place which the Lord shall choose,
which was the city of Jerusalem; see ( Deuteronomy 12:5 ) ,

thou and thy household;
the household of the priest, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but if it designs the same as in ( Deuteronomy 12:17 Deuteronomy 12:18 ) , then the Israelites and their families are meant.

Deuteronomy 15:20 In-Context

18 Do not consider it a hardship when you send them out from you free persons, because for six years they have given you services worth the wages of hired laborers; and the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do.

19 Every firstling male born of your herd and flock you shall consecrate to the Lord your God; you shall not do work with your firstling ox nor shear the firstling of your flock.

20 You shall eat it, you together with your household, in the presence of the Lord your God year by year at the place that the Lord will choose.

21 But if it has any defect—any serious defect, such as lameness or blindness—you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God;

22 within your towns you may eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as you would a gazelle or deer.