Leviticus 22:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When you offer a sacrifice to ask my blessing, there must be nothing wrong with the animal. This is true, whether the sacrifice is part of a promise or something you do voluntarily.

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Jacob solemnly promised God, “If you go with me and watch over me as I travel, and if you give me food and clothes

Psalm 50:14

I am God Most High! The only sacrifice I want is for you to be thankful and to keep your word.

Exodus 35:29

Moses had told the people what the LORD wanted them to do, and many of them decided to bring their gifts.

Proverbs 7:14

“I had to offer a sacrifice, and there is enough meat left over for a feast.

Leviticus 22:22

Don't offer an animal that is blind or injured or that has an infection or a skin disease.

Leviticus 3:1

When you offer sacrifices to ask my blessing, you may offer either a bull or a cow, but there must be nothing wrong with the animal.

Leviticus 3:6

Instead of a bull or a cow, you may offer any sheep or goat that has nothing wrong with it.

Numbers 15:3

Bulls or rams or goats are the animals that you may burn on the altar as sacrifices to please me. You may also offer sacrifices voluntarily or because you made a promise, or because they are part of your regular religious ceremonies. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices is pleasing to me.

Numbers 15:8

If a bull is offered as a sacrifice to please me or to ask my blessing,