Leviticus 22:18-33

¹⁸“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,

¹⁹must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.

²⁰You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

²¹When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.

²²You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

²³You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.

²⁴You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.

²⁵Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”

²⁶Then the LORD said to Moses,

²⁷“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

²⁸But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.

²⁹When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.

³⁰It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.

³¹You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.

³²You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

³³who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”

— Leviticus 22:18-33

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Cross References for Leviticus 22:18-33

• Numbers 15:3
• Malachi 1:8
• Leviticus 22:20
• Leviticus 1:10
• Deuteronomy 17:1
• Deuteronomy 22:6-7
• Leviticus 21:8
• Exodus 22:30
• Deuteronomy 4:40
• Leviticus 22:25

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