lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female --

Every firstling that is born in thy herd and in thy flock -- the male thou dost sanctify to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock;

and Jehovah thy God hath given it into thy hand, and thou hast smitten every male of it by the mouth of the sword.