Leviticus 22:20

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Do not offer anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

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  • Deut 17:1 : 1 Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep with a defect or any flaw, for that would be detestable to the LORD your God.
  • Mal 1:8 : 8 When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you offer lame or sick animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you? says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Deut 15:21 : 21 But if there is a defect in it, such as being lame or blind, or having any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
  • Lev 22:25 : 25 You must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner to offer as the food of your God. They are deformed and have defects; they will not be accepted on your behalf.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.
  • Mal 1:13-14 : 13 You say, 'What a burden!' and you sniff at it with contempt, says the LORD of Hosts. When you bring stolen, lame, or sick animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands? says the LORD. 14 Cursed is the deceiver who has a male animal in his flock and vows to give it, but instead sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the LORD of Hosts, and my name is to be feared among the nations.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 22:21-26
    6 verses
    91%

    21If anyone offers a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD for a special vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there must be no blemish in it.

    22You must not offer to the LORD anything that is blind, broken, injured, or with warts, scabs, or skin disease; you must not bring them as a fire offering on the altar to the LORD.

    23You may offer a bull or lamb that has an overgrown or stunted limb as a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted as a vow offering.

    24You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land.

    25You must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner to offer as the food of your God. They are deformed and have defects; they will not be accepted on your behalf.

    26The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 22:19
    89%

    19it must be a male without defect to be accepted, from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

  • Deut 15:21
    86%

    21But if there is a defect in it, such as being lame or blind, or having any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

  • Deut 17:1
    85%

    1Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep with a defect or any flaw, for that would be detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Lev 3:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    6If his offering for a peace sacrifice to the LORD comes from the flock, whether male or female, it must be without defect.

    7If he offers a lamb as his offering, he is to present it before the LORD.

  • Lev 1:10
    82%

    10If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.

  • Lev 3:1
    80%

    1If someone presents a peace offering and brings an offering from the herd, whether it is male or female, it must be without defect and be presented before the LORD.

  • Lev 21:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20or who is hunchbacked, a dwarf, has an eye defect, severe skin diseases, or damaged testicles.

    21No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect may approach to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not approach to offer the food of his God.

  • Lev 1:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When anyone among you brings an offering to the LORD, you are to bring your offering from the livestock—either from the herd or the flock.

    3If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the LORD.

  • Num 28:19
    79%

    19Present a fire offering as a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished year-old lambs.

  • Lev 21:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17Speak to Aaron and say: None of your descendants through their generations who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.

    18For no man who has a defect may approach: no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed.

  • Num 28:31
    78%

    31These offerings are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering. They must be without defect, accompanied by their drink offerings.

  • Lev 19:5
    77%

    5When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the LORD, offer it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.

  • Num 29:8
    77%

    8You shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs a year old, all without defect.

  • Num 29:36
    77%

    36You shall present a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old without defect.

  • Lev 27:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9If it is an animal that can be offered as an offering to the LORD, whatever is given to the LORD shall be holy.

    10It must not be exchanged or substituted, whether good for bad or bad for good. If it is exchanged, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy.

    11If it is an unclean animal that cannot be offered to the LORD as a sacrifice, it must be presented before the priest.

  • Lev 17:8
    77%

    8Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice

  • Ezek 43:23
    77%

    23When you have finished purifying it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock.

  • Lev 23:12
    76%

    12On the day you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a year-old lamb without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord.

  • Ezek 43:25
    76%

    25For seven days, you shall prepare a male goat daily as a sin offering. You shall also prepare a young bull and a ram from the flock without blemish.

  • Mal 1:8
    76%

    8When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you offer lame or sick animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you? says the LORD of Hosts.

  • Num 6:14
    76%

    14They are to present their offering to the LORD: a year-old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering, a year-old female lamb without defect for a sin offering, and a ram without defect for a fellowship offering.

  • Num 29:2
    76%

    2You shall offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord—one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs a year old, all without defect.

  • Lev 4:32
    76%

    32If they bring a lamb as their sin offering, it must be a female without defect.

  • Exod 12:5
    76%

    5Your lamb must be an unblemished male, a year old; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats.

  • Num 29:17
    75%

    17On the second day, you shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs a year old, all without defect.

  • Lev 23:18
    75%

    18Along with the bread, present seven unblemished lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams as burnt offerings to the Lord, along with their grain offerings and drink offerings—an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

  • Lev 22:29
    75%

    29When you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.

  • Num 29:20
    75%

    20On the third day, eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old lambs, all without defect.

  • Num 29:13
    75%

    13You shall offer a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs a year old, all without defect.

  • Num 15:3
    75%

    3and if you present an offering by fire to the Lord—a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a freewill offering, or at your appointed festivals—to create a pleasing aroma for the Lord, from the herd or the flock,

  • Lev 21:23
    75%

    23but he must not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar because he has a defect. He must not profane My sanctuary, for I am the LORD who makes them holy.

  • Num 18:17
    75%

    17But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

  • Exod 29:1
    74%

    1This is the procedure you shall follow to consecrate them to serve Me as priests: Take one young bull and two unblemished rams.

  • Lev 17:3
    74%

    3Anyone from the house of Israel who sacrifices an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp, or outside the camp,

  • Num 29:23
    74%

    23On the fourth day, ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old lambs, all without defect.

  • Lev 20:25
    74%

    25You must distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean. Do not make yourselves detestable by any animal, bird, or anything that moves on the ground that I have set apart as unclean for you.

  • Num 29:32
    74%

    32On the seventh day, seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old lambs, all without defect.

  • Lev 9:3
    74%

    3And say to the Israelites, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without blemish, for a burnt offering.'