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Leviticus 22:23
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21 And awhoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, bto fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.  
22 aThose that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an1 ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor make ban offering by fire of them on the altar to the Lord.  
23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb atoo long or too short you may offer as a freewill offering, but for a vow it shall not be accepted.  
24 ‘You shall not offer to the Lord what is bruised or crushed, or torn or cut; nor shall you make any offering of them in your land.
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:
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Leviticus 22:23

that mayest thou offer, etc.—The passage should be rendered thus: "if thou offer it either for a freewill offering, or for a vow, it shall not be accepted." This sacrifice being required to be "without blemish" [Leviticus 22:19], symbolically implied that the people of God were to dedicate themselves wholly with sincere purposes of heart, and its being required to be "perfect to be accepted" [Leviticus 22:21], led them typically to Him without whom no sacrifice could be offered acceptable to God.




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