Leviticus 22:20

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But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 17:1 : 1 No ox or sheep which has a mark on it or is damaged in any way may be offered to the Lord your God: for that is disgusting to the Lord your God.
  • Mal 1:8 : 8 And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.
  • Deut 15:21 : 21 But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.
  • Lev 22:25 : 25 And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:
  • Mal 1:13-14 : 13 And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord. 14 A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 22:21-26
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    91%

    21And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage.

    22Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.

    23An ox or a lamb which has more or less than its natural parts, may be given as a free offering; but it will not be taken in payment of an oath.

    24An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land.

    25And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.

    26And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 22:19
    89%

    19So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats.

  • Deut 15:21
    86%

    21But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.

  • Deut 17:1
    85%

    1No ox or sheep which has a mark on it or is damaged in any way may be offered to the Lord your God: for that is disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Lev 3:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    6And if what he gives for a peace-offering to the Lord is of the flock, let him give a male or female, without any mark on it.

    7If his offering is a lamb, then let it be placed before the Lord:

  • Lev 1:10
    82%

    10And if his offering is of the flock, a burned offering of sheep or goats, let him give a male without a mark.

  • Lev 3:1
    80%

    1And if his offering is given for a peace-offering; if he gives of the herd, male or female, let him give it without any mark on it, before the Lord.

  • Lev 21:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;

    21No man of the offspring of Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire offerings of the Lord: he is damaged, he may not come near to make the offerings.

  • Lev 1:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock.

    3If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.

  • Num 28:19
    79%

    19And you are to give an offering made by fire, a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:

  • Lev 21:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17Say to Aaron, If a man of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come near to make the offering of the bread of his God.

    18For any man whose body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of his legs, or one who has a broken nose or any unnatural growth,

  • Num 28:31
    78%

    31These are in addition to the regular burned offering and its meal offering; take care that they are without any mark, and let them be offered with their drink offerings.

  • Lev 19:5
    77%

    5And when you give a peace offering to the Lord, do it in the way which is pleasing to the Lord.

  • Num 29:8
    77%

    8And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year: only those without any mark on them may be used:

  • Num 29:36
    77%

    36And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord: one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:

  • Lev 27:9-11
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    77%

    9And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.

    10It may not be changed in any way, a good given for a bad, or a bad for a good; if one beast is changed for another, the two will be holy.

    11And if it is any unclean beast, of which offerings are not made to the Lord, then let him take the beast before the priest;

  • Lev 17:8
    77%

    8And say to them, If any man of Israel, or any other living among them, makes a burned offering or other offering,

  • Ezek 43:23
    77%

    23And after you have made it clean, let a young ox without a mark be offered, and a male sheep from the flock without a mark.

  • Lev 23:12
    76%

    12And on the day of the waving of the grain, you are to give a male lamb of the first year, without any mark, for a burned offering to the Lord.

  • Ezek 43:25
    76%

    25Every day for seven days you are to give a goat for a sin-offering: and let them give in addition a young ox and a male sheep from the flock without any mark on them.

  • Mal 1:8
    76%

    8And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.

  • Num 6:14
    76%

    14And make his offering to the Lord; one he-lamb of the first year, without a mark, for a burned offering, and one female lamb of the first year, without a mark, for a sin-offering, and one male sheep, without a mark, for peace-offerings,

  • Num 29:2
    76%

    2And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them:

  • Lev 4:32
    76%

    32And if he gives a lamb as his sin-offering, let it be a female without any mark;

  • Exod 12:5
    76%

    5Let your lamb be without a mark, a male in its first year: you may take it from among the sheep or the goats:

  • Num 29:17
    75%

    17On the second day of the feast give an offering of twelve oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them;

  • Lev 23:18
    75%

    18And with the bread, take seven lambs of the first year, without any marks, and one ox and two male sheep, to be a burned offering to the Lord, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, an offering of a sweet smell made by fire to the Lord.

  • Lev 22:29
    75%

    29And when you make an offering of praise to the Lord, make it in a way which is pleasing to him.

  • Num 29:20
    75%

    20And on the third day eleven oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark;

  • Num 29:13
    75%

    13And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, thirteen oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, all without any mark on them;

  • Num 15:3
    75%

    3And are going to make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burned offering or an offering in connection with an oath, or an offering freely given, or at your regular feasts, an offering for a sweet smell to the Lord, from the herd or the flock:

  • Lev 21:23
    75%

    23But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.

  • Num 18:17
    75%

    17But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.

  • Exod 29:1
    74%

    1This is what you are to do to make them holy, to do the work of priests to me: Take one young ox and two male sheep, without any mark on them,

  • Lev 17:3
    74%

    3If any man of Israel puts to death an ox or a lamb or a goat, in or outside the tent-circle;

  • Num 29:23
    74%

    23And on the fourth day ten oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:

  • Lev 20:25
    74%

    25So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.

  • Num 29:32
    74%

    32And on the seventh day seven oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:

  • Lev 9:3
    74%

    3And say to the children of Israel: Take a he-goat for a sin-offering, and a young ox and a lamb, in their first year, without any mark on them, for a burned offering;