¹⁹ As a special gift you must present a burnt offering to the Lord—two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

²¹ But if this firstborn animal has any defect, such as lameness or blindness, or if anything else is wrong with it, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

⁸ You must present a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. It will consist of one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

³¹ Prepare these special burnt offerings, along with their liquid offerings, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its accompanying grain offering. Be sure that all the animals you sacrifice have no defects.

²⁰ Do not present an animal with defects, because the Lord will not accept it on your behalf.

¹⁹ It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

¹³ You say, ‘It’s too hard to serve the Lord,’ and you turn up your noses at my commands,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Think of it! Animals that are stolen and crippled and sick are being presented as offerings! Should I accept from you such offerings as these?” asks the Lord.

¹⁴ “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations!

²¹ “On the fourteenth day of the first month,^[a] you must celebrate the Passover. This festival will last for seven days. The bread you eat during that time must be made without yeast. ²² On the day of Passover the prince will provide a young bull as a sin offering for himself and the people of Israel. ²³ On each of the seven days of the feast he will prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, consisting of seven young bulls and seven rams without defects. A male goat will also be given each day for a sin offering. ²⁴ The prince will provide a basket of flour as a grain offering and a gallon of olive oil^[b] with each young bull and ram.

²⁵ “During the seven days of the Festival of Shelters, which occurs every year in early autumn,^[c] the prince will provide these same sacrifices for the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the grain offering, along with the required olive oil.