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Leviticus 22:20-24

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22:20 You must not present anything that has a flaw, 1  because it will not be acceptable for your benefit. 2  22:21 If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord for a special votive offering 3  or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable; 4  it must have no flaw. 5 

22:22 “‘You must not present to the Lord something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, 6  or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. 7  You must not give any of these as a gift 8  on the altar to the Lord. 22:23 As for an ox 9  or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted, 10  you may present it as a freewill offering, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering. 11  22:24 You must not present to the Lord something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; 12  you must not do this in your land.

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[22:20]  1 tn Heb “all which in it [is] a flaw.” Note that the same term is used for physical flaws of people in Lev 21:17-24. Cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV “blemish”; NASB, NIV, TEV “defect”; NLT “with physical defects.”

[22:20]  2 tn Heb “not for acceptance shall it be for you”; NIV “it will not be accepted on your behalf” (NRSV and NLT both similar).

[22:21]  3 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]  4 tn Heb “for acceptance”; NAB “if it is to find acceptance.”

[22:21]  5 tn Heb “all/any flaw shall not be in it.”

[22:22]  6 tn Or perhaps “a wart” (cf. NIV; HALOT 383 s.v. יַבֶּלֶת, but see the remarks in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 358).

[22:22]  7 sn See the note on Lev 21:20 above.

[22:22]  8 sn This term for offering “gift” is explained in the note on Lev 1:9.

[22:23]  9 tn Heb “And an ox.”

[22:23]  10 tn Heb “and stunted” (see HALOT 1102 s.v. I קלט).

[22:23]  11 sn The freewill offering was voluntary, so the regulations regarding it were more relaxed. Once a vow was made, the paying of it was not voluntary (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 151-52, for very helpful remarks on this verse).

[22:24]  12 sn Compare Lev 21:20b.



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