Leviticus 22:17-33
Lexham English Bible
Acceptable Offerings
17 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israelites,[b] and say to them, ‘Anyone from the house of Israel or[c] from the alien in Israel who presents his offering for any of their vows or[d] for any of their freewill offerings that they present to Yahweh as a burnt offering, 19 it must be without defect to be acceptable for you:[e] a male among the cattle, among the sheep, or[f] among the goats. 20 You shall not present any animal in which is a physical defect, because it shall not be acceptable[g] for you. 21 And if anyone brings a sacrifice of fellowship offerings for Yahweh to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from[h] the cattle or from[i] the flock,[j] it must be without defect to be acceptable;[k] there must not be any physical defect in it. 22 The blind or the injured or the maimed or the seeping or one with a skin disorder or one with a skin eruption—these you shall not present to Yahweh, nor shall you give from them an offering made by fire on the altar for Yahweh. 23 As for[l] an ox or sheep that is deformed or[m] that is stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, but[n] for a vow it will not be accepted. 24 And you shall not present anything for Yahweh with bruised or[o] shattered or[p] torn or[q] cut-off testicles, and you shall not sacrifice[r] such in your land. 25 And you shall not present your God’s food from any of these by the hand of a foreigner,[s] because their deformity is in them; a physical defect is in them; they shall not be accepted for you.’”
26 Then[t] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 27 “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, then[u] it shall be under its mother for seven days, and from the eighth day and beyond it is acceptable as an offering made by fire for Yahweh. 28 And you shall not slaughter an ox or a sheep and its young[v] on the same day.[w] 29 And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you must sacrifice it to be acceptable for you. 30 It must be eaten on that day; you must not leave over anything from it until morning; I am Yahweh.
31 “Thus[x] you shall keep my commands, and you shall do them; I am Yahweh.
32 “And you shall not profane my holy name, so that I may be consecrated in the midst of the Israelites;[y] I am Yahweh, who consecrates you, 33 the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be as God for you; I am Yahweh.”
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- Leviticus 22:17 Or “And”
- Leviticus 22:18 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 22:18 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:18 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:19 Literally “for your acceptance”
- Leviticus 22:19 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:20 Literally “for acceptance”
- Leviticus 22:21 Or “among”
- Leviticus 22:21 Or “among”
- Leviticus 22:21 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
- Leviticus 22:21 Literally “for acceptance”
- Leviticus 22:23 Or “And”
- Leviticus 22:23 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:23 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:24 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:24 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:24 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:24 Literally “do” or “make”
- Leviticus 22:25 Literally “a son of a foreign land”
- Leviticus 22:26 Or “And”
- Leviticus 22:27 Or “and”
- Leviticus 22:28 Literally “his son” or “his child”
- Leviticus 22:28 Literally “on day one” or “in one day”
- Leviticus 22:31 Or “And”
- Leviticus 22:32 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
Leviticus 22:17-33
English Standard Version
Acceptable Offerings
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them, (A)When any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents a burnt offering as his offering, for any of their vows or freewill offerings that they offer to the Lord, 19 if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a (B)male without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats. 20 (C)You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. 21 And when anyone (D)offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord (E)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 (F)blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or (G)an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food (H)offering on the altar. 23 You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part (I)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 (J)the bread of your God any such animals gotten from a foreigner. Since there is a (K)blemish in them, because of their mutilation, they will not be accepted for you.”
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27 (L)“When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the Lord. 28 But you shall not kill an ox or a sheep (M)and her young in one day. 29 And when you sacrifice a (N)sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. 30 It shall be eaten on the same day; (O)you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the Lord.
31 (P)“So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord. 32 (Q)And you shall not profane my holy name, that (R)I may be sanctified among the people of Israel. (S)I am the Lord who sanctifies you, 33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt (T)to be your God: I am the Lord.”
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