Leviticus 22:21
+ 22:21. Lev 22:21 (Lev 22:17-25) (#2b.151): T. Every animal offered for peace offering or vow to be sacrificed must be perfect, without blemish / R. To offer only unblemished animals T. Example: Disqualifying blemishes include: blind, injured, mutilated, abnormal growth, festering wound, running sore, or is its genitals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut / T. Example: Directive: If a lamb or bull have irregular growth in their limbs, too short or too long, that animal may be given as Voluntary Offering but not in fulfillment of a Vow Offering + 22:21. Lev 22:21 (Lev 22:17-25) (#2b.152): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text, it is implied / R. Not to inflict a blemish or wound on a vowed or dedicated animal Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Adonai to accomplish a vow, or for a free will offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted. It shall have no defect.
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Genesis 35:1God said to Jacob [Supplanter], “Arise, go up to Beth-el [House of God], and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau [Hairy] your brother.”
Leviticus 3:6“‘If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Adonai is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without defect.
Numbers 15:3and will make an offering by fire to Adonai, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a free will offering, or in your set feasts, to make a pleasant aroma to Adonai, of the herd, or of the flock;
Deuteronomy 23:21+ 23:21. Deut 23:21 (Deut 23:21-23) [Heb Bible Deut 23:22 (Deut 23:22-24)] (#9.575): T. Not to delay the fulfillment of a vowed offering or free will offering unto Adonai your God / R. Not to withhold payment incurred by any vow When you vow a vow to Adonai your God, you shall not be slack to pay it; + 23:21. Quoted in Matt 5:33 for Adonai your God will surely require it of you; and it would be crime deserving peanlty, sin ·missing the goal· to you.
Proverbs 7:14“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. 2 Today I have paid my vows. 1
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 →