Acceptable Offerings

17 Theni Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the ⌊Israelites⌋,j and say to them, ‘Anyone from the house of Israel ork from the alien in Israel who presents his offering for any of their vows orl for any of their freewill offerings that they present to Yahweh as a burnt offering, 19 it must be without defect ⌊to be acceptable for you⌋:m a male among the cattle, among the sheep, orn among the goats. 20 You shall not present any animal in which is a physical defect, because it shall not be ⌊acceptable⌋o for you. 21 And if anyone brings a sacrifice of fellowship offerings for Yahweh to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering fromp the cattle or fromq the flock,r it must be without defect ⌊to be acceptable⌋;s there must not be any physical defect in it. 22 The blind or the injured or the maimed or the seeping or one with a skin disorder or one with a skin eruption—these you shall not present to Yahweh, nor shall you give from them an offering made by fire on the altar for Yahweh. 23 As fort an ox or sheep that is deformed oru that is stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, butv for a vow it will not be accepted. 24 And you shall not present anything for Yahweh with bruised orw shattered orx torn ory cut-off testicles, and you shall not ⌊sacrifice⌋z such in your land. 25 And you shall not present your God’s food from any of these by the hand of ⌊a foreigner⌋,a because their deformity is in them; a physical defect is in them; they shall not be accepted for you.’ ”