KJV King James Version
Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make [any offering thereof] in your land.
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Leviticus 22:24
Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make [any offering thereof] in your land.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.
WEB World English Bible
That which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut, you shall not offer to Yahweh; neither shall you do thus in your land.
ASV American Standard Version
That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall not offer unto Jehovah; neither shall ye do thus in your land.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As to a bruised, or beaten, or enlarged, or cut thing—ye do not bring it near to Jehovah; even in your land ye do not do it.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 22
21 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.
22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer [for] a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make [any offering thereof] in your land.
25 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.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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וּמָע֤וּךְH4600 · ma.akhto bruiseוְכָתוּת֙H3807 · ka.tatto crushוְנָת֣וּקH5423 · na.taqto tearוְכָר֔וּתH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתַקְרִ֖יבוּH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeלַֽיהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוּֽבְאַרְצְכֶ֖םH776 · e.retsland: country/planetלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתַעֲשֽׂוּ׃H6213 · a.sahto make: do
Cross-references
Leviticus 22:20[But] whatsoever hath a blemish, [that] shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.Deuteronomy 23:1He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.Leviticus 21:20Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
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