Leviticus 22:23

Leviticus 22:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
• New International Version (NIV)You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb too long or too short you may offer as a freewill offering, but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

Context of Leviticus 22:23

21When a person brings an animal to the Lord as a special gift, it must be perfect. If it is, God will accept it. 22A person must not give to the Lord an animal that cannot see. The animal must not have a skin disease. And pus must not be coming from its body. The person must not burn an animal to the Lord on the altar that is not perfect. A person may give a bull or a sheep with a body that is the wrong shape. He can use it as an offering to eat with his friends (friendship offering). But God will not take this animal as a gift for a promise. That gift must be perfect. You must not put on the altar an animal that is not perfect. 24A person must not give a gift to the Lord of an animal that has something wrong with its testicles. 25This rule is for Israel's people. You must not take animals from foreigners and then offer them to God as sacrifices. God will not accept them on your behalf, because animals like that are not perfect.’

Leviticus 22:23 word by word

וְשׁ֥וֹר וָשֶׂ֖ה שָׂר֣וּעַ וְקָל֑וּט נְדָבָה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ וּלְנֵ֖דֶר לֹ֥א יֵרָצֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Either a bullockשׁוֹרshôr · cattleH7794
• or a lambשֶׂהώeh ώêy · sheepH7716
• that hath any thing superfluousשָׂרַעώâra‛ · to extendH8311
• or lacking in his partsקָלַטqâlaţ · be stuntedH7038
• that mayest thou offerעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• a freewill offeringנְדָבָהnedâbâh · voluntarinessH5071
• but for a vowנֶ֫דֶרneder nêder · vowH5088
• it shall not be acceptedרָצָהrâtsâh · to acceptH7521

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:23

• Leviticus 21:18A priest who cannot see must not sacrifice the food to God. A priest who cannot walk must not sacrifice food to God. A priest with a body that is the wrong shape must not offer food to God.

Commentaries on Leviticus 22:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23That hath anything superfluous or lacking - The term שרוע sarua signifies any thing extended beyond the usual size, and the term קלוט kalut signifies any thing unusually contracted; and both mean any monstrosity, whether in redundance or defect. Such things, it seems, might be offered for a freewill-offering, because that was not prescribed by the law; God left it to a man's piety and gratitude to offer such additional gifts as he could: what the law…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23The rules for voluntary offerings were less strict, allowing the use of a deformed animal. But fulfilling a vow still required an animal that was not injured or sick. God would not accept a sacrifice that a person could not eat or that was not a whole animal.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. that mayest thou offer, &c.--The passage should be rendered thus: "if thou offer it either for a freewill offering, or for a vow, it shall not be accepted." This sacrifice being required to be "without blemish" [Le 22:19], symbolically implied that the people of God were to dedicate themselves wholly with sincere purposes of heart, and its being required to be "perfect to be accepted" [Le 22:21], led them typically to Him without whom no sacrifice…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 22:23

• Blemish
• Dedication
• Free-Will Offerings
• Lamb
• Offerings
• Vows

In the dictionaries

• Freewill offering
• Blemish
• Defile
• Criticism
• Eunuch
• Ezekiel
• Holiness
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Maimed

Commentaries on Leviticus 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings