Either a bullock, or a lamb that hath anything
superfluous,
or lacking in its parts
That has either more members than it should have, as five feet,
or two gristles in an ear, as Gersom says, or has fewer than it
should have; or, as Jarchi, that has one member longer or shorter
than another, as the leg or thigh; according to the Targum of
Jonathan, that is redundant in its testicles, or deficient
therein; the Septuagint version is, that hath its ear or its tail
cut; and so the Vulgate Latin version: that mayest thou
offer [for] a freewill offering:
for the repair of the sanctuary or temple, as Jarchi and Gersom;
money, or the value of the sacrifices, might be given to the
priests for that use, but according to them might not be offered
upon the altar: but it rather seems to be an exception to the
above law, and allows of the sacrifice of them for freewill
offering, though not for a vow, as it follows but for a vow
it shall not be accepted;
because the other was according to a man's will and pleasure, and
he might bring what he would on that account; but when he made a
vow that he would offer such a sacrifice, it must be of creatures
that were perfect, and without blemish.