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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)If a bull or lamb has a leg that is too long or too short, it may be offered as a voluntary offering, but it may not be offered to fulfill a vow.

Context of Leviticus 22:23

21And when anyone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it. 22Animals blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food offering on the altar. 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. 24Any animal that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not offer to the Lord; you shall not do it within your land, 25neither shall you offer as the bread of your God any such animals gotten from a foreigner. Since there is a blemish in them, because of their mutilation, they will not be accepted for you."

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 21:18For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,

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