Leviticus 22:19

22:19 if it is to be acceptable for your benefit ¹  it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.

Leviticus 6:12

6:12 but the fire which is on the altar must be kept burning on it. ²  It must not be extinguished. So the priest must kindle wood on it morning by morning, and he must arrange the burnt offering on it and offer the fat of the peace offering up in smoke on it.

Leviticus 6:20

6:20 “This is the offering of Aaron and his sons which they must present to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah ³  of choice wheat flour ⁴  as a continual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.

Leviticus 22:21

22:21 If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord for a special votive offering ⁵  or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable; ⁶  it must have no flaw. ⁷ 

[22:19]  ¹ tn Heb “for your acceptance.” See Lev 1:3-4 above and the notes there.

[6:12]  ² tn Heb “in it,” apparently referring to the “hearth” which was on top of the altar (cf. the note on v. 9).

[6:20]  ³ sn A tenth of an ephah is about 2.3 liters, one day’s ration for a single person (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:306).

[6:20]  ⁴ tn For the rendering “choice wheat flour” see the note on Lev 2:1.

[22:21]  ⁴ tn The meaning of the expression לְפַלֵּא־נֶדֶר (lÿfalle’-neder) rendered here “for a special votive offering” is much debated. Some take it as an expression for fulfilling a vow, “to fulfill a vow” (e.g., HALOT 927-28 s.v. פלא piel and NASB; cf. NAB, NRSV “in fulfillment of a vow”) or, alternatively, “to make a vow” or “for making a vow” (HALOT 928 s.v. פלא piel [II פלא]). Perhaps it refers to the making a special vow, from the verb פָלַא (pala’, “to be wonderful, to be remarkable”); cf. J. Milgrom, Numbers (JPSTC), 44. B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 151 and 193, suggests that this is a special term for “setting aside a votive offering” (related to פָלָה [palah, “to set aside”]). In general, the point of the expression seems to be that this sacrifice arises as a special gift to God out of special circumstances in the life of the worshiper.

[22:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “for acceptance”; NAB “if it is to find acceptance.”

[22:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “all/any flaw shall not be in it.”