² “This is the ^[a]ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without ^[b]blemish, in which there is no ^(A)defect ^(B)and on which a yoke has never come.

³ And it shall be that the elders of the city nearest to the slain man will take a heifer which has not been worked and which has not pulled with a ^(A)yoke.

⁷ Now therefore, make ^(A)a new cart, take two milk cows ^(B)which have never been yoked, and hitch the cows to the cart; and take their calves home, away from them.

^20 (A)Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf. ²¹ And ^(B)whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, ^(C)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 (D)Those that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an ^[a]ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor make ^(E)an offering by fire of them on the altar to the Lord. ²³ Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb ^(F)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 ^(G)from a foreigner’s hand shall you offer any of these as ^(H)the bread of your God, because their ^(I)corruption is in them, and defects are in them. They shall not be accepted on your behalf.’ ”

¹⁹ but ^(A)with the precious blood of Christ, ^(B)as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

⁶ who, ^(A)being in the form of God, did not consider it ^[a]robbery to be equal with God, ^7 (B)but ^[b]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form ^(C)of a bondservant, and ^(D)coming in the likeness of men. ⁸ And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and ^(E)became ^(F)obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(A)the faithful ^(B)witness, the ^(C)firstborn from the dead, and ^(D)the ruler over the kings of the earth.

To Him ^(E)who ^[a]loved us ^(F)and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

¹⁰ concerned only with ^(A)foods and drinks, ^(B)various ^[a]washings, ^(C)and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.