Your [a]lamb shall be (A)an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

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  1. Exodus 12:5 Or kid

The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,(A) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

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20 (A)Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you. 21 When someone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord (B)to fulfill a special vow or for a [a]voluntary offering, [b]of the herd or [c]of the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. 22 Those that are blind, fractured, maimed, or have a wart, a festering rash, or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the Lord. 23 Now as for an ox or a lamb which has an [d]overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a [e]voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted. 24 Also (C)anything with its testicles squashed, crushed, torn off, or cut off, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor [f]sacrifice in your land,

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  1. Leviticus 22:21 Or freewill offering
  2. Leviticus 22:21 Lit among
  3. Leviticus 22:21 Lit among
  4. Leviticus 22:23 Or a deformed
  5. Leviticus 22:23 Or freewill offering
  6. Leviticus 22:24 Lit do

20 Do not bring anything with a defect,(A) because it will not be accepted on your behalf.(B) 21 When anyone brings from the herd or flock(C) a fellowship offering(D) to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering,(E) it must be without defect or blemish(F) to be acceptable.(G) 22 Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. 23 You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox[a] or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow. 24 You must not offer to the Lord an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut.(H) You must not do this in your own land,

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  1. Leviticus 22:23 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.

21 (A)But if it has any impairment, such as a limp, or blindness, or any serious impairment, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

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21 If an animal has a defect,(A) is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.(B)

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Administration of Justice

17 (A)You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep which has a blemish or any [a]defect, for that is a detestable thing to the Lord your God.

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  1. Deuteronomy 17:1 Lit bad thing

17 Do not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep that has any defect(A) or flaw in it, for that would be detestable(B) to him.(C)

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