⁵ The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,^(A) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

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,

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)

²⁷ and to present her to himself^(A) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.^(B)

¹⁴ How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit^(A) offered himself^(B) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences^(C) from acts that lead to death,^[a](D) so that we may serve the living God!^(E)

¹⁹ but with the precious blood^(A) of Christ, a lamb^(B) without blemish or defect.^(C)