Offerings Without Blemish

¹⁷ Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁸ “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘^(A)Any man of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel who brings near his offering, whether it is any of their ^[a]votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they bring near to Yahweh for a burnt offering— ^19 (B)for you to be accepted—it must be a male without blemish from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. ^20 (C)Whatever has a defect, you shall not bring it near, for it will not be accepted for you. ²¹ And when a man brings a sacrifice of peace offerings near to Yahweh ^(D)to ^[b]fulfill a special vow or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it must be without blemish to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. ²² Those that are blind or fractured or maimed or have a running sore or eczema or scabs, you shall not bring near to Yahweh nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to Yahweh. ²³ Now in respect to an ox or a lamb which has ^[c]an overgrown or stunted member, you may offer it for a freewill offering, but for a votive offering it will not be accepted. ²⁴ Also ^(E)anything with its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut, you shall not bring near to Yahweh, and you shall not do thus in your land, ²⁵ nor shall you bring near any such thing from the hand of a foreigner for offering ^(F)as the ^[d]food of your God; for their corruption is in them, they have a defect; they shall not be accepted for you.’”

²⁶ Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁷ “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall ^[e]remain ^(G)seven days ^[f]with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to Yahweh. ^28 (H)But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young in one day. ²⁹ And when you sacrifice ^(I)a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. ³⁰ It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until morning; I am Yahweh. ^31 (J)So you shall keep My commandments and do them; I am Yahweh.

³² “And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be treated as holy among the sons of Israel; I am Yahweh who makes you holy, ^33 (K)who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am Yahweh.”