20 (A)You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. 21 And when anyone (B)offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord (C)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. 22 Animals (D)blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or (E)an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food (F)offering on the altar. 23 You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part (G)too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted. 24 Any animal that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not offer to the Lord; you shall not do it within your land, 25 neither shall you offer as (H)the bread of your God any such animals gotten from a foreigner. Since there is a (I)blemish in them, because of their mutilation, they will not be accepted for you.”

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20 Do not bring anything with a defect,(A) because it will not be accepted on your behalf.(B) 21 When anyone brings from the herd or flock(C) a fellowship offering(D) to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering,(E) it must be without defect or blemish(F) to be acceptable.(G) 22 Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. 23 You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox[a] or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow. 24 You must not offer to the Lord an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut.(H) You must not do this in your own land, 25 and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God.(I) They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.(J)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:23 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.