Leviticus 22:24
in Leviticus 22You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall not offer unto Jehovah; neither shall ye do thus in your land.
KJV
Ye 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.
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This verse in Leviticus 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseYe shall not offer unto the Lord that which bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut,.... The Targum of Jonathan is, whose testicles are pressed and bruised, and whose nerves are corrupted and bruised, and so most Jewish writers interpret it: neither shall you make any offering thereof in your land; any offering of any sort, either burnt offering or peace offering, or any other; or ye shall not do, that is, any such thing as here suggested, not bruise, or crush, or break, or cut the testicles of any creature; so the above writers.
This site's exposition
whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings
on Leviticus 22:21-25
The disqualifying words in this list are largely the words used of the priest in 21:18-20, blind, superfluous, scurvy and scabbed, with the broken stones of 21:20 answered by the bruised and crushed and cut of verse 24. One vocabulary describes the man at the altar and the animal on it. Verse 23 holds the single relaxation in the chapter, and it turns on the difference between a gift and a promise, since a bullock or lamb with a part too many or too few may be brought freely and may never be paid on a vow. Verse 25 closes the last way round the rule, because an animal bought from a stranger's hand is judged by what it is rather than by where it came from.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
), that is, as the Jewish writers understand it, if it was, in any of these ways, castrated, if bulls and rams were made into oxen and weathers, they might not be offered. Moreover a difference is made between what was brought as a free-will offering and what was brought as a vow,
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut - That is, no bullock or lamb that is injured in any of the above ways, shall be offered unto the Lord.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The literal meaning of the passage in italics is, and this shall ye not do in your land. It appears to have been understood by the Jews as a prohibition of the mutilation of animals.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמָע֤וּךְ | umaukh | and [one which] is squashed | H4600 → | |
| וְכָתוּת֙ | vekhatut | and [one which] is crushed | H3807 → | |
| וְנָת֣וּק | venatuk | and [one which] is torn | H5423 → | |
| וְכָר֔וּת | vekharut | and [one which] is cut | H3772 → | 288 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַקְרִ֖יבוּ | takrivu | you will present | H7126 → | 280 times |
| לַֽיהוָ֑ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּֽבְאַרְצְכֶ֖ם | uveartzekhem | and in land your | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃ | taasu | you will do [it] | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וּמָע֤וּךְand [one which] is squashed
umaukhH4600 →
וְכָתוּת֙and [one which] is crushed
vekhatutH3807 →
וְנָת֣וּקand [one which] is torn
venatukH5423 →
וְכָר֔וּתand [one which] is cut
vekharutH3772 →288 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תַקְרִ֖יבוּyou will present
takrivuH7126 →280 times
לַֽיהוָ֑הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּֽבְאַרְצְכֶ֖םand in land your
uveartzekhemH776 →2504 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תַעֲשֽׂוּ׃you will do [it]
taasuH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 22:20You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:1
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.
- Malachi 1:8
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…
- Deuteronomy 15:21
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.
- 1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- Hebrews 9:14
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!
- Deuteronomy 17:1
Through
Deuteronomy 23:1No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
it leads to
- Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Isaiah 56:3–4
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
- Galatians 3:28
Through
Leviticus 21:20or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 23:1
No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 23:1
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.