Leviticus 22:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִיַּ֣ד בֶּן־נֵכָ֗ר לֹ֥א תַקְרִ֛יבוּ אֶת־לֶ֥חֶם אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם מִכָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֣י מָשְׁחָתָ֤ם בָּהֶם֙ מ֣וּם בָּ֔ם לֹ֥א יֵרָצ֖וּ לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

û-miyyad ben-nēkār lōʾ taqrîbû ʾet-leḥem ʾĕlōhêkem mikkol-ʾēlleh kî mošḥātām bāhem mûm bām lōʾ yērāṣû lākem

Grammar Details

• *û-miyyad*: conjunction + preposition + noun feminine singular construct - and from the hand of
• *ben*: noun masculine singular construct - son of
• *nēkār*: noun masculine singular - foreigner/stranger
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *taqrîbû*: Hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you shall offer
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *leḥem*: noun masculine singular construct - food/bread of
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God
• *mikkol*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - from any
• *ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun common plural - these
• *kî*: conjunction - for, because
• *mošḥātām*: noun feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their corruption
• *bāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them
• *mûm*: noun masculine singular - blemish
• *bām*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them
• *yērāṣû*: Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they shall be accepted
• *lākem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - for you

Word Meanings

• *miyyad*: from the hand of, from
• *ben*-*nēkār*: son of a foreigner, stranger's son, foreigner
• *taqrîbû*: you shall offer, you shall bring near, you shall present
• *leḥem* *ʾĕlōhêkem*: food/bread of your God, offerings to your God
• *mošḥātām*: their corruption, their defect, their blemish
• *mûm* *bām*: blemish in them, defect in them
• *yērāṣû*: they shall be accepted, they will be favorable
• *lākem*: for you, on your behalf

Referenced Verses

• Lev 21:6 : 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
• Lev 21:8 : 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
• Lev 21:21-22 : 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
• Num 15:14-16 : 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. 15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. 16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
• Num 16:40 : 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
• Ezra 6:8-9 : 8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. 9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: 10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
• Mal 1:7-8 : 7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. 8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
• Mal 1:12-14 : 12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
• Eph 2:12 : 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
• 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.