¹⁷The Lord spoke to Moses: ¹⁸“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: Any man of the house of Israel or of the resident aliens^j in Israel who presents his offering^k—whether they present payment of vows or freewill gifts to the Lord as burnt offerings—¹⁹must offer an unblemished male^l from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for you to be accepted. ²⁰You are not to present anything that has a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

²¹“When a man presents a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or flock, it has to be unblemished to be acceptable; there must be no defect in it. ²²You are not to present any animal to the Lord that is blind, injured, maimed, or has a running sore, festering rash,^m or scabs; you may not put any of them on the altar as a food offering to the Lord.ⁿ ²³You may sacrifice as a freewill offering any animal from the herd or flock that has an elongated or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable as a vow offering. ²⁴You are not to present to the Lord anything that has bruised, crushed, torn, or severed testicles;^o you must not sacrifice them in your land. ²⁵Neither you nor^E a foreigner are to present food to your God from any of these animals. They will not be accepted for you because they are deformed and have a defect.”^p

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Cross references

j Ex 2:22
k Lv 1:2
l Ex 29:1
m Dt 28:27; 2Sm 23:38; 1Ch 11:40; Jr 31:39
n Lv 21:18–20; Is 28:20
o Lv 21:20
p Mal 1:14