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Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the LORD. <a href="/nlt/leviticus/22.htm">New Living Translation</a> You must not offer an animal that is blind, crippled, or injured, or that has a wart, a skin sore, or scabs. Such animals must never be offered on the altar as special gifts to the LORD. <a href="/esv/leviticus/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> Animals blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the LORD or give them to the LORD as a food offering on the altar. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/22.htm">King James Bible</a> Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/22.htm">New King James Version</a> Those that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Those that are blind, fractured, maimed, or have a wart, a festering rash, or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the LORD. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> Those that are blind or fractured or maimed or having a running sore or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Those that are blind or fractured or maimed or having a running sore or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the LORD. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Those that are blind or fractured or maimed or have a running sore or eczema or scabs, you shall not bring near to Yahweh nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to Yahweh. <a href="/amp/leviticus/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Animals that are blind or fractured or mutilated, or have a sore or a running wound or an itch or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD nor make an offering of them by fire on the altar to the LORD. <a href="/csb/leviticus/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You are not to present any animal to the LORD that is blind, injured, maimed, or has a running sore, festering rash, or scabs; you may not put any of them on the altar as a food offering to the LORD. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are not to present any animal to the LORD that is blind, injured, maimed, or has a running sore, festering rash, or scabs; you may not put any of them on the altar as a fire offering to the LORD. <a href="/asv/leviticus/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto Jehovah. <a href="/cev/leviticus/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't offer an animal that is blind or injured or that has an infection or a skin disease. <a href="/erv/leviticus/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Never bring the LORD an animal that is blind, has broken bones, cuts, warts, scabs, or ringworm. Never give the LORD any of these in a sacrifice by fire on the altar. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> Do not offer to the LORD any animal that is blind or crippled or mutilated, or that has a running sore or a skin eruption or scabs. Do not offer any such animals on the altar as a food offering. <a href="/isv/leviticus/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> You are not to bring to the LORD an offering that is blind, fractured, mutilated, or infected with ulcers, scurvy, or scales. You are not to present any of them as an offering made by fire on the altar for the LORD. <a href="/msb/leviticus/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD. <a href="/net/leviticus/22.htm">NET Bible</a> "'You must not present to the LORD something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. You must not give any of these as a gift on the altar to the LORD. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Blind, injured, maimed, having a wart, festering, or having a running sore, you shall not offer these to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar to the LORD. <a href="/web/leviticus/22.htm">World English Bible</a> You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Blind, or broken, or maimed, or [having] an oozing sore [[or a defect of the eye]], or itch, or scab—you do not bring these near to YHWH, and you do not make a fire-offering from them on the altar to YHWH. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed -- ye do not bring these near to Jehovah, and a fire-offering ye do not make of them on the altar to Jehovah. <a href="/slt/leviticus/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Blind, or broken, or cut, or flowing, or scurvy, or scabby, they shall not bring these to Jehovah, and a sacrifice ye shall not give from them upon the altar to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If it be blind, or broken, or have a scar or blisters, or a scab, or a dry scurf: you shall not offer them to the Lord, nor burn any thing of them upon the Lord's altar. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> If it is blind, or if it is broken, or if it has a scar, or if it is has a boil, or a skin disease or infection, you shall not offer these to the Lord, nor shall you burn any of these upon the altar of the Lord. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/22.htm">New American Bible</a> One that is blind or lame or maimed, or one that has running lesions or sores or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD; do not put such an animal on the altar as an oblation to the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Anything blind, or injured, or maimed, or having a discharge or an itch or scabs—these you shall not offer to the LORD or put any of them on the altar as offerings by fire to the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Any blind animal or broken or scabbed or maimed or scurvy, you shall not offer to the LORD nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar to the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> What is blind or what is broken, or what is mangy, or what is feeble, or what is leprous, or what is hairless, you shall not bring one of these to LORD JEHOVAH, and you shall not place an offering of such things on the altar for LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scabbed, or scurvy, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. <a href="/sep/leviticus/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> One that is blind, or broken, or has its tongue cut out, or is troubled with warts, or has a malignant ulcer, or tetters, they shall not offer these to the Lord; neither shall ye offer any of them for a burnt-offering on the altar of the Lord. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/22-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=5924" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Worthy Offerings</a> …21When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable. 22<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You are not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: ṯaq·rî·ḇū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">to present</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">any animal</a> <a href="/hebrew/5788.htm" title="5788: ‘aw·we·reṯ (N-fs) -- Blindness. And avvereth; from ivver; blindness.">that is blind,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm" title="7667: šā·ḇūr (N-ms) -- Or sheber; from shabar; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution.">injured,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/2742.htm" title="2742: ḥā·rūṣ (N-ms) -- Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager.">maimed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/2990.htm" title="2990: yab·be·leṯ (N-fs) -- A running, suppurating. From yabal; having running sores.">anything with a running sore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1618.htm" title="1618: ḡā·rāḇ (N-ms) -- An itch, a scab. From an unused root meaning to scratch; scurf.">a festering rash,</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3217.htm" title="3217: yal·le·p̄eṯ (N-fs) -- Scab, scurf (an eruptive disease). From an unused root apparently meaning to stick or scrape; scurf or tetter.">or a scab;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ṯit·tə·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">put</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hem (Prep-m:: Pro-3mp) -- ">any of these</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/801.htm" title="801: wə·’iš·šeh (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- The same as 'eshshah, but used in a liturgical sense; properly, a burnt-offering; but occasionally of any sacrifice.">as an offering made by fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> 23You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-21.htm">Deuteronomy 15:21</a> But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God. <a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Malachi 1:8</a> When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/malachi/1-14.htm">Malachi 1:14</a> “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective 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. <a href="/deuteronomy/17-1.htm">Deuteronomy 17:1</a> You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God. <a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3</a> If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD. <a href="/leviticus/3-1.htm">Leviticus 3:1</a> “If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD. <a href="/leviticus/4-3.htm">Leviticus 4:3</a> If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. <a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm">Leviticus 21:18-21</a> No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed; / no man who has a broken foot or hand, / or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle. ... <a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a> Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. <a href="/numbers/19-2.htm">Numbers 19:2</a> “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke. <a href="/ezekiel/43-22.htm">Ezekiel 43:22-23</a> On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was with the bull. / When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock. <a href="/ezekiel/45-18.htm">Ezekiel 45:18-23</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the first day of the first month you are to take a young bull without blemish and purify the sanctuary. / And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court. / You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple. ... <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a> but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. <a href="/matthew/5-48.htm">Matthew 5:48</a> Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a running sore, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD.Blind<a href="/leviticus/22-20.htm">Leviticus 22:20</a> But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.<a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm">Leviticus 21:18-21</a> For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, … <a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Malachi 1:8</a> 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.an offering<a href="/leviticus/1-9.htm">Leviticus 1:9,13</a> But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD… <a href="/leviticus/3-3.htm">Leviticus 3:3,5</a> And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-8.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-13.htm">Disabled</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Eczema</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Festering</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-21.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-28.htm">Fire-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-19.htm">Injured</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-54.htm">Itch</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm">Maimed</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-21.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-20.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-21.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-21.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Running</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Scabbed</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Scabs</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Scurvy</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-54.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Sores</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/3-26.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-21.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-24.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-24.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/matthew/19-12.htm">Disabled</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Eczema</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Festering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-27.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-8.htm">Fire-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-20.htm">Injured</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Itch</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-20.htm">Maimed</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-24.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-37.htm">Running</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Scabbed</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Scabs</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Scurvy</a> <a href="/numbers/22-3.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Sores</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 22</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/22-1.htm">The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things</a> 6. <a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm">How they shall be cleansed</a> 10. <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things</a> 17. <a href="/leviticus/22-17.htm">The sacrifices must be without blemish</a> 26. <a href="/leviticus/22-26.htm">The age of the sacrifice</a> 29. <a href="/leviticus/22-29.htm">The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed This phrase emphasizes the requirement for offerings to be without defect, reflecting God's holiness and perfection. In the ancient Near Eastern context, offerings were a significant part of worship, symbolizing the worshiper's devotion and reverence. The requirement for unblemished animals underscores the importance of giving God the best, not leftovers or inferior offerings. This principle is echoed in <a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Malachi 1:8</a>, where God rebukes the Israelites for offering blemished sacrifices. The unblemished animal is a type of Christ, who is described as the "Lamb without blemish or defect" in <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a>, signifying His sinlessness and perfect sacrifice.or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab These specific conditions further illustrate the need for purity and wholeness in offerings. In the cultural and historical context, physical imperfections were often seen as symbolic of spiritual or moral imperfections. The detailed prohibitions against offering animals with these conditions highlight the meticulous nature of the Levitical laws and the high standards set for worship. This reflects the broader biblical theme of holiness, where God calls His people to be set apart and pure, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a>.you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD The altar was a sacred place where offerings were made to God, symbolizing communion and fellowship with Him. The prohibition against placing blemished animals on the altar reinforces the sanctity of the worship process and the seriousness of approaching God. The term "food offering" indicates that these sacrifices were seen as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, as described in <a href="/leviticus/1-9.htm">Leviticus 1:9</a>. This concept is fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice is the ultimate offering, pleasing to God and reconciling humanity to Him, as noted in <a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is holy and requires holiness from His people. 2. <a href="/topical/p/priests_of_israel.htm">Priests of Israel</a> The descendants of Aaron, responsible for maintaining the sanctity of the offerings and the tabernacle. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, commanded to bring offerings that reflect God's holiness. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a> The dwelling place of God among His people, where offerings were made. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sacrificial_offerings.htm">Sacrificial Offerings</a> Animals presented to God as acts of worship and atonement, which must be without blemish.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_worship.htm">Holiness in Worship</a> God demands offerings that reflect His holiness. Our worship should be pure and sincere, free from blemish or compromise. <a href="/topical/g/giving_our_best_to_god.htm">Giving Our Best to God</a> Just as the Israelites were to offer unblemished animals, we are called to give God our best in all aspects of life, including our time, talents, and resources. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_perfection.htm">Symbolism of Perfection</a> The requirement for unblemished sacrifices points to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who was without sin and perfectly fulfilled the law. <a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_service.htm">Integrity in Service</a> Our service to God should be characterized by integrity and excellence, mirroring the standards set for the offerings. <a href="/topical/r/reflection_of_inner_purity.htm">Reflection of Inner Purity</a> The physical purity of the offerings symbolizes the inner purity God desires in our hearts and lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 22</a> <a href="/q/how_do_lev._22_19-24's_rules_fit_modern_views.htm">How do Leviticus 22:19-24's strict requirements for unblemished animal sacrifices align with modern views on fairness and the value of imperfection?</a> <a href="/q/where's_the_evidence_of_joshua_22_10_altar.htm">Where is the historical or archaeological evidence of this altar mentioned in Joshua 22:10, considering its significance to the nation's unity?</a> <a href="/q/why_build_a_separate_altar_in_joshua_22_10.htm">How do we reconcile the building of a separate altar in Joshua 22:10 with earlier commands to worship at one central sanctuary?</a> <a href="/q/want_to_thrive_and_stay_healthy.htm">What does Leviticus 18:22 mean about male relations?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) Blind.--Whether totally blind or only of one eye. This blemish also disqualified the priest for the service at the altar (see <a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm" title="For whatever man he be that has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that has a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,">Leviticus 21:18</a>).Or broken.--Better, broken-limbed (see <a href="/exodus/22-9.htm" title="For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challenges to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double to his neighbor.">Exodus 22:9</a>), extending to the head, ribs, &c.Or maimed.--This was regarded in the time of the second Temple to describe a blemish in the eyebrow. Hence the Chaldee version translates it "one whose eye-brows are fallen off." It would thus correspond to the defect which unfitted the priest for ministering at the altar.Or having a wen.--According to the Jewish canonists this denotes a disease of the eyes. Hence the Chaldee version translates it "one whose eyes are smitten with a mixture of white and black," thus corresponding to the blemish which unfits the priest mentioned in <a href="/leviticus/21-19.htm" title="Or a man that is broken footed, or broken handed,">Leviticus 21:19</a>.Or scurvy or scabbed.--These are exactly the same two defects specified with regard to the priests (see <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm" title="Or hunch back, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken;">Leviticus 21:20</a>). . . . <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/22-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You are not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no to present תַקְרִ֥יבוּ (ṯaq·rî·ḇū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> To come near, approach any animal to the LORD לַיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel that is blind, עַוֶּרֶת֩ (‘aw·we·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5788.htm">Strong's 5788: </a> Blindness injured, שָׁב֜וּר (šā·ḇūr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> To break, break in pieces or אוֹ־ (’ōw-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if maimed, חָר֣וּץ (ḥā·rūṣ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2782.htm">Strong's 2782: </a> To point sharply, to wound, to be alert, to decide or א֨וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if anything with a running sore, יַבֶּ֗לֶת (yab·be·leṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2990.htm">Strong's 2990: </a> A running, suppurating festering rash, גָרָב֙ (ḡā·rāḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1618.htm">Strong's 1618: </a> An itch, a scab or scab; יַלֶּ֔פֶת (yal·le·p̄eṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3217.htm">Strong's 3217: </a> Scab, scurf (an eruptive disease) you must not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no put תִתְּנ֥וּ (ṯit·tə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set any of these מֵהֶ֛ם (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar as an offering made by fire וְאִשֶּׁ֗ה (wə·’iš·šeh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_801.htm">Strong's 801: </a> A burnt-offering, a sacrifice to the LORD. לַיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 22:22 Blind injured maimed having a wart festering (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/22-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 22:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/22-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 22:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>