The owner of a domesticated animal must declare the firstborn offspring kodesh (holy) and deliver it to the kohanim (priests), who would offer the animal’s fats on the altar and eat its meat. This is because God killed every firstborn of Egypt – both man and beast – during the last of the ten plagues. The Torah tells us (Numbers 8:17, et al.), that as a consequence of this, the firstborns of Israel are dedicated to God.
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