Leviticus 22:27
As for a calf, or a sheep, or a goat, whenever it is born, then shall it be seven days under its mother; and on the eighth day and after they shall be accepted for sacrifices, a burnt offering to the Lord.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
26And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
28And a bullock and a ewe, it and its young, you shall not kill in one day.
Cross References
Exodus 22:29You shall not keep back the first fruits of your threshing floor and press. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.
Leviticus 12:2Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whatsoever woman shall have conceived and born a male child shall be unclean seven days, she shall be unclean according to the days of separation for her monthly courses.
Leviticus 22:25Neither shall you⌃ offer the gifts of your God of all these things by the hand of a stranger, because there is corruption in them, a blemish in them: these shall not be accepted for you.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:18-33
Laws Concerning Sacrifices. ( b. c. 1490.) 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the Lord for a burnt offering; 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But whatsoever hath… Read the whole commentary →