Leviticus 22:18–25

¹⁸“Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘^aAny man of the house of Israel or of the aliens in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their ¹votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they present to the Lord for a burnt offering—

^19afor you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

²⁰‘^aWhatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you.

²¹‘When a man offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord ^ato ¹fulfill a special vow or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.

²²‘Those that are blind or fractured or maimed or having a running sore or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the Lord.

²³‘In respect to an ox or a lamb which has an ¹overgrown or stunted member, you may present it for a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.

²⁴‘Also ^aanything with its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut, you shall not offer to the Lord, or ¹sacrifice in your land,

²⁵nor shall you accept any such from the hand of a foreigner for offering ^aas the ¹food of your God; for their corruption is in them, they have a defect, they shall not be accepted for you.’ ”