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Leviticus 22:27
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25 Nor afrom a foreigner’s hand shall you offer any of these as bthe bread of your God, because their ccorruption is in them, and defects are in them. They shall not be accepted on your behalf.’ ”  
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
27 a“When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall be seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted as an offering made by fire to the Lord.  
28 Whether it is a cow or ewe, do not kill both her aand her young on the same day.  
29 And when you aoffer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, offer it of your own free will.  
30 On the same day it shall be eaten; you shall leave anone of it until morning: I am the Lord.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Leviticus 22:27-28

it shall be seven days under the dam—Animals were not considered perfect nor good for food till the eighth day. As sacrifices are called the bread or food of God (Leviticus 22:25), to offer them immediately after birth, when they were unfit to be eaten, would have indicated a contempt of religion; and besides, this prohibition, as well as that contained in Leviticus 22:28, inculcated a lesson of humanity or tenderness to the dam, as well as secured the sacrifices from all appearance of unfeeling cruelty.


 
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