Bible verse
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
Leviticus 22:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 22.
15 The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
16 by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”
17 Then the LORD said to Moses,
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,
19 must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
20 You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
21 When 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.
22 You 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.
23 You 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.
KJV
[Ye shall offer] at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
ASV
that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats.
ERV
that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
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