Leviticus 22:17-25

New American Standard Bible

Flawless Animals for Sacrifice

¹⁷ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸ “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘^(A)Anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their ^[a]vows or any of their ^[b]voluntary offerings, which they present to the Lord as a burnt offering— ^19 (B)for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect ^[c]from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. ^20 (C)Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you. ²¹ When someone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord ^(D)to fulfill a special vow or for a ^[d]voluntary offering, ^[e]of the herd or ^[f]of the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. ²² Those that are blind, fractured, maimed, or have a wart, a festering rash, or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the Lord. ²³ Now as for an ox or a lamb which has an ^[g]overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a ^[h]voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted. ²⁴ Also ^(E)anything with its testicles squashed, crushed, torn off, or cut off, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor ^[i]sacrifice in your land, ²⁵ nor shall you offer any of these animals taken from the hand of a ^[j]foreigner ^(F)as the ^[k]food of your God; for their deformity is in them, they have an impairment. They will not be accepted for you.’”