en_tn/exo/34/19.md

General Information:

Yahweh continues telling Moses what the people must do.

buy back

Firstborn sons and firstborn donkeys belonged to Yahweh, but Yahweh did not want them sacrificed to Him. Instead, the Israelites were to sacrifice a lamb in their place. This allowed the Israelites to buy the donkeys and sons back from Yahweh.

No one may appear before me empty-handed

God speaks of the offering as if the person was to carry it in his hands. AT: "No one may come to me without an offering" or "Everyone who comes to me must bring me an offering" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)