Leviticus [Pertaining to Levites] 22:18-28

¹⁸“Speak to Aaron Light-bringer, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel God prevails, and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel God prevails, or of the foreigners in Israel God prevails, who offers his offering, whether it is any of their vows, or any of their free will offerings, which they offer to Adonai for a burnt offering;

¹⁹that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.

²⁰But whatever has a defect, that you shall not offer; for it shall not be acceptable for you.

²¹Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Adonai to accomplish a vow, or for a free will offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted. It shall have no defect.

²²Blind, injured, maimed, having a wart, festering, or having a running sore: you shall not offer these to Adonai , nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Adonai .

²³Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

²⁴You must not offer to Adonai that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land.

²⁵You must not receive any of these from the hand of a foreigner to offer as bread for your God, because their deformity is a defect in them. They shall not be accepted for you.’”

²⁶Adonai spoke to Moses Drawn out, saying,

²⁷“When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Adonai .

²⁸Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.