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Leviticus 22:21

in Leviticus 22

When 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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

KJV

And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

This verse in Leviticus 22

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord,.... This, as Ben Gersom observes, is distinguished from a burnt offering; for though it was to be perfect, and without blemish, yet not obliged to be a male as that, Lev 3:

This site's exposition

When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD

on Leviticus 22:21-25

The defects that bar an animal, such as "blind" and "a festering rash", are the words used of the priest at 21:18-20. One vocabulary covers the man and the offering.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

THE Ceremonial Law, as ordained by the hand of Moses and Aaron, called the worshippers of God to great carefulness before Him. Before their minds that solemn Truth was always made visible, "I the Lord your God am a jealous God." Nothing might be done thoughtlessly. Due heed was the first requisite in a man who would draw near unto the Thrice-Holy God, whose perfections demand lowly and considerate reverence from all those who are round about Him. The spirit must be awake and on the stretch if it would please the great Father of Spirits. There were little points—I may truthfully call them minute—upon which everything would depend as to right worship and its acceptance with the Lord. No Israelite could come to the tabernacle door aright without thinking of what he had to do and thinking it over with an anxious fear lest he should, by omission or error, make his offering into a vain oblation. He must draw near unto the Lord with great carefulness, or else he might miss his aim, spend his money upon a sacrifice, cause labor to the priest and go home unaccepted. He might duly perform a large portion of a ceremony and yet no good might come to him through it because he had omitted a point of detail—for the Lord would be sought according to the due order—or He would not be found by the worshipper. Of every ceremony it might be said, "It must be perfect to be accepted." There was the rule and the rule must be followed with the most careful exactness. God must have the minds and thoughts of men, or He counts that they are no worshippers! This is no easy lesson to learn, dear Friends for I am afraid that in our usual worship we are not always as thoughtful as we ought to be. Mark well our singing. Do we join in it with the heartiness, the solemnity and the correctness which are due to Him who hears our Psalms and hymns? I may not judge, but I have my suspicions.
THE Ceremonial Law, as ordained by the hand of Moses and Aaron, called the worshippers of God to great carefulness before Him. Before their minds that solemn Truth was always made visible, "I the Lord your God am a jealous God." Nothing might be done thoughtlessly. Due heed was the first requisite in a man who would draw near unto the Thrice-Holy God, whose perfections demand lowly and considerate reverence from all those who are round about Him. The spirit must be awake and on the stretch if it would please the great Father of Spirits.

The words behind it

21 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.

  • וְאִ֗ישׁand anyone

    veishH376 →1663 times

  • כִּֽי־if

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • יַקְרִ֤יבhe will present

    yakrivH7126 →280 times

  • זֶֽבַח־a sacrifice of

    zevach-H2077 →162 times

  • שְׁלָמִים֙peace offering<s>

    shelamimH8002 →87 times

  • לַיהוָ֔הto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לְפַלֵּא־to fulfill

    lefale'-H6381 →

  • נֶ֙דֶר֙a vow

    nederH5088 →60 times

  • א֣וֹor

    ʾoH176 →321 times

  • לִנְדָבָ֔הto a freewill offering

    lindavahH5071 →26 times

  • בַּבָּקָ֖רin the herd

    babakarH1241 →183 times

  • א֣וֹor

    ʾoH176 →321 times

  • בַצֹּ֑אןin the flock

    vatzonH6629 →274 times

  • תָּמִ֤יםunblemished

    tamimH8549 →91 times

  • יִֽהְיֶה֙it will be

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • לְרָצ֔וֹןfor acceptance

    leratzonH7522 →56 times

  • כָּל־any

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • מ֖וּםblemish

    mumH3971 →21 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יִהְיֶה־it will be

    yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times

  • בּֽוֹ׃in <the> it

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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

    Leviticus 3:1

    “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.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 1:3

      If one’s 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…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Numbers 6:14

      and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as…

    • 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.

  • Through

    Numbers 15:3

    and you present an offering made by fire to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 29:18

      Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    • Genesis 8:21

      When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth.…

    • Numbers 28:27

      Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD,

    • Philippians 4:18

      I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

  • Through

    Numbers 15:8

    When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 3:1

      “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.

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 Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1879: “A Plain Man's Sermon” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); 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.