Leviticus 22:20-24

20 Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
21 When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable.
22 Do not offer to the LORD the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the LORD.
23 You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox[a] or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow.
24 You must not offer to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not do this in your own land,

Cross References 8

  • 1. S Leviticus 1:3; Deuteronomy 15:21; Deuteronomy 17:1; Ezekiel 43:23; Ezekiel 45:18; Ezekiel 46:6; Malachi 1:8; Malachi 1:8,14; Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19
  • 2. S Exodus 28:38
  • 3. S Leviticus 1:2
  • 4. S Exodus 32:6; S Leviticus 3:6; Numbers 15:3,8
  • 5. S Leviticus 7:16
  • 6. S Exodus 12:5; Malachi 1:14
  • 7. Amos 4:5
  • 8. S Leviticus 21:20

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.
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