Leviticus 22:25
in Leviticus 22Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Leviticus 22
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
A stranger’s hand - The word here rendered “stranger”, is not the same as that in Lev 22:10, Lev 22:18: it means literally, “the son of the unknown”, and probably refers to one dwelling in another land who desired to show respect to the God of Israel. See 1Ki 8:41.
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 Awakening3 voices
The Jews say it was the work of the sagan, or suffragan, high priest, to view the sacrifices, and see whether they were without blemish or no; when Christ suffered, Annas was in that office; but little did those who brought Christ to Annas first, by whom he was sent bound to Caiaphas, as a sacrifice fit to be offered ( John xviii.
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A stranger's hand - From proselytes: even from those, such should not be accepted, much less from the Israelites. The bread of your God - That is, the sacrifices.
Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Their corruption is in them - Viz., they are bruised, crushed, broken, etc.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִיַּ֣ד | umiyad | and from [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נֵכָ֗ר | nekhar | foreignness | H5236 → | |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַקְרִ֛יבוּ | takrivu | you must present | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לֶ֥חֶם | lechem | [the] food of | H3899 → | 298 times |
| אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| מִכָּל־ | mikol | any of all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֵ֑לֶּה | ʾeleh | these [animals] | H428 → | 746 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מָשְׁחָתָ֤ם | mashechatam | disfigurement their | H4893 → | |
| בָּהֶם֙ | bahem | [is] in <the> them | ||
| מ֣וּם | mum | a blemish | H3971 → | 21 times |
| בָּ֔ם | bam | [is] in <the> them | ||
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵרָצ֖וּ | yeratzu | they will be accepted | H7521 → | 56 times |
| לָכֶֽם׃ פ | lakhem | for <the> you |
וּמִיַּ֣דand from [the] hand of
umiyadH3027 →1618 times
בֶּן־a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
נֵכָ֗רforeignness
nekharH5236 →
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תַקְרִ֛יבוּyou must present
takrivuH7126 →280 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
לֶ֥חֶם[the] food of
lechemH3899 →298 times
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖םGod your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
מִכָּל־any of all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
אֵ֑לֶּהthese [animals]
ʾelehH428 →746 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
מָשְׁחָתָ֤םdisfigurement their
mashechatamH4893 →
בָּהֶם֙[is] in <the> them
bahem
מ֣וּםa blemish
mumH3971 →21 times
בָּ֔ם[is] in <the> them
bam
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יֵרָצ֖וּthey will be accepted
yeratzuH7521 →56 times
לָכֶֽם׃ פfor <the> you
lakhem
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
Ephesians 2:12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
it leads to
- Galatians 4:8
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
- Colossians 1:21
Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
- 1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Jeremiah 31:31–34
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
- Galatians 4:8
Through
Leviticus 21:6They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be…
it leads to
- Leviticus 18:21
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 3:11
Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Leviticus 18:21
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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.