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.
• 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.
• 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

21When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable. 22Do 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. 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. 24You must not offer to the Lord an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not do this in your own land, 25and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.’ ”

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 21:18No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;

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