Offerings Accepted and Not Accepted

¹⁷ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸ “Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: ^(A)‘Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, who ^[a]offers his sacrifice for any of his vows or for any of his freewill offerings, which they offer to the Lord as a burnt offering— ^19 (B)you shall offer of your own free will a male without blemish from the cattle, from the sheep, or from the goats. ^20 (C)Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf. ²¹ And ^(D)whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, ^(E)to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. ^22 (F)Those that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an ^[b]ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor make ^(G)an offering by fire of them on the altar to the Lord. ²³ Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb ^(H)too long or too short you may offer as a freewill offering, but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

²⁴ ‘You shall not offer to the Lord what is bruised or crushed, or torn or cut; nor shall you make any offering of them in your land. ²⁵ Nor ^(I)from a foreigner’s hand shall you offer any of these as ^(J)the bread of your God, because their ^(K)corruption is in them, and defects are in them. They shall not be accepted on your behalf.’ ”

^31 (A)“Therefore you shall keep My commandments, and perform them: I am the Lord. ^32 (B)You shall not profane My holy name, but ^(C)I will be ^[a]hallowed among the children of Israel. I am the Lord who ^(D)sanctifies you, ^33 (E)who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.”