20 (A)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 (B)to fulfill a special vow or for a [a]voluntary offering, [b]of the herd or [c]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 [d]overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a [e]voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted. 24 Also (C)anything with its testicles squashed, crushed, torn off, or cut off, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor [f]sacrifice in your land, 25 nor shall you offer any of these animals taken from the hand of a [g]foreigner (D)as the [h]food of your God; for their deformity is in them, they have an impairment. They will not be accepted for you.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:21 Or freewill offering
  2. Leviticus 22:21 Lit among
  3. Leviticus 22:21 Lit among
  4. Leviticus 22:23 Or a deformed
  5. Leviticus 22:23 Or freewill offering
  6. Leviticus 22:24 Lit do
  7. Leviticus 22:25 Lit son of a stranger
  8. Leviticus 22:25 Lit bread

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