¹⁸ “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them, ^(A)When any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents a burnt offering as his offering, for any of their vows or freewill offerings that they offer to the Lord, ¹⁹ if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a ^(B)male without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats. ^20 (C)You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. ²¹ And when anyone ^(D)offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord ^(E)to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it.

^2 (A)“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may ^(B)be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have ^(C)received their reward.

The Lord Will Punish Israel

¹² If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice ^(A)unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour ^(B)well mixed with oil. ^13 (C)With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread.

¹⁰ and with all wicked deception for ^(A)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. ¹¹ Therefore ^(B)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe ^(C)what is false, ¹² in order that all may be condemned ^(D)who did not believe the truth but ^(E)had pleasure in unrighteousness.

²⁸ And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^(A)God gave them up to ^(B)a debased mind to do ^(C)what ought not to be done.