Leviticus 22:23

Leviticus 22:23

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:

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.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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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