Leviticus 22:23

Easy To Read Version

“Sometimes a bull or lamb will have a leg that is too long, or a foot that did not grow right. If a person wants to give that animal as a special gift to the Lord, then it will be accepted. But it will not be accepted as payment for a special promise that person made.

Cross References

Exodus 35:29

All the people of Israel that wanted to help brought gifts to the Lord. The people gave these gifts freely, because they wanted to. These gifts were used to make all the things the Lord had commanded Moses and the people to make.

Leviticus 21:18

Any man who has something wrong with him must not {serve as priest and} bring sacrifices to me. These men cannot serve as priests:

Leviticus 22:22

You must not offer to the Lord any animal that is blind, or has broken bones, or is crippled, or has a discharge, [394] or a bad skin disease. You must not offer sick animals on the fire of the Lord’s altar. [395]

Leviticus 22:24

“If an animal has bruised, crushed, or torn testicles, then you must not offer that animal to the Lord.

Malachi 1:8

You bring blind animals as sacrifices. {\cf2\super [6]} And that is wrong! You bring sick and crippled animals for sacrifices. And that is wrong! Try giving those sick animals as a gift to your governor. Would he accept those sick animals? No! He would not accept those gifts!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things!

Deuteronomy 15:21

“But if an animal has something wrong with it—if it is crippled or blind or has something else wrong with it—then you must not sacrifice that animal to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 17:1

“You must not sacrifice to the Lord your God a cow or sheep if there is anything wrong with it. Why? Because the Lord your God hates it!