19 (A)for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect [a]from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. 20 (B)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 (C)to fulfill a special vow or for a [b]voluntary offering, [c]of the herd or [d]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 [e]overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a [f]voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted. 24 Also (D)anything with its testicles squashed, crushed, torn off, or cut off, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor [g]sacrifice in your land, 25 nor shall you offer any of these animals taken from the hand of a [h]foreigner (E)as the [i]food of your God; for their deformity is in them, they have an impairment. They will not be accepted for you.’”

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  1. Leviticus 22:19 Lit among
  2. Leviticus 22:21 Or freewill offering
  3. Leviticus 22:21 Lit among
  4. Leviticus 22:21 Lit among
  5. Leviticus 22:23 Or a deformed
  6. Leviticus 22:23 Or freewill offering
  7. Leviticus 22:24 Lit do
  8. Leviticus 22:25 Lit son of a stranger
  9. Leviticus 22:25 Lit bread

19 you must present a male without defect(A) from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.(B) 20 Do not bring anything with a defect,(C) because it will not be accepted on your behalf.(D) 21 When anyone brings from the herd or flock(E) a fellowship offering(F) to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering,(G) it must be without defect or blemish(H) to be acceptable.(I) 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.(J) You must not do this in your own land, 25 and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God.(K) They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.(L)’”

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