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Leviticus 22:25 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 22 · verse 25
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.Leviticus 22:25 · King James Version
Leviticus 22:25 in context
23Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
24Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
25Neither 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.
26And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- stranger'snêkârforeign, or a foreigner, or heathendomH5236 →
- corruptionmishchâthdisfigurementH4893 →
- blemishesmʼûwmto stainH3971 →
- offerqârabto approach for whatever purposeH7126 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
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Here are four laws concerning sacrifices: - I. Whatever was offered in sacrifice to God should be without blemish, otherwise it should not be accepted. This had often been mentioned in the particular institutions of the several sorts of offerings.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-33