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Leviticus 22:20

in Leviticus 22

You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

KJV

But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

This verse in Leviticus 22

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

According to this law great care was taken to search all the beasts that were brought to be sacrificed, that there might, to a certainty, be no blemish in them. A blemished sacrifice might not be accepted even from the hand of a stranger, though to such all possible encouragement should be given to do honour to the God of Israel,

This site's exposition

Then the LORD said to Moses

on Leviticus 22:17-20

The second speech widens the address to "all the Israelites" and "any foreign resident", because the one who brings the animal chooses it. The standard is "an unblemished male", and verse 20 states the result of missing it: "it will not be accepted on your behalf".

This site's exposition

You must not present anything with a defect

Matthew Henry notes the care taken to search every animal brought for sacrifice, so that none carried a blemish to the altar. Accepted on your behalf means the gift stood for the man who brought it. A flawed animal left him unaccepted.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

For whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer,.... Which is the general rule, the particulars of which are after given, and which has been imitated by the Heathens.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Whatsoever hath a blemish - The same perfection is required in the sacrifice that was required in the priest; see on Lev 22:2 (note), and the notes on Leviticus 21 (note).

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • כֹּ֛לall

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • בּ֥וֹ[is] in <the> it

    bo

  • מ֖וּםa blemish

    mumH3971 →21 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תַקְרִ֑יבוּyou will present

    takrivuH7126 →280 times

  • כִּי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • לְרָצ֖וֹןfor acceptance

    leratzonH7522 →56 times

  • יִהְיֶ֥הit will be

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • לָכֶֽם׃of you

    lakhem

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Peter 1:19

    but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

    it leads to

    • 1 John 1:7

      But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Peter 2:22–24

      “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

    • John 1:29

      The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

  • Through

    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!

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 10:22

      let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

    • 1 Peter 1:19

      but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

    • Hebrews 9:12

      He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

    • 1 Peter 2:24

      He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.