Leviticus 22:25

Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God instructs Moses to relay a prohibition to the Israelites and resident foreigners regarding the presentation of sacrificial animals.

The words — The Hebrew תַקְרִ֛יבוּ (tak.Ri.vu) means "you must present," and לֶ֥חֶם (Le.chem) literally denotes "food," referring here to the sacrificial offering.

The thread — This rule intersects with Leviticus 21:6 on priestly holiness in presenting offerings, Numbers 15:14 on foreigners preparing food offerings, and Malachi 1:12 on the contemptible treatment of the Lord's table and its fruit.

Why it lands — The text commands worshippers to exclude deformed animals from sacrifice, establishing that flawed offerings hold no value and must not be brought before God.

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The Hebrew words

וּמִיַּ֣דu./mi./Yadand/ from/ [the] hand of בֶּן־ben-a son of נֵכָ֗רne.Kharforeignness לֹ֥אlo'not תַקְרִ֛יבוּtak.Ri.vuyou must present אֶת־'et-<obj.>לֶ֥חֶםLe.chem[the] food of אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei./KhemGod/ your מִכָּל־mi./kolany of/ all אֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehthese [animals]כִּ֣יkifor מָשְׁחָתָ֤םma.she.cha.Ta/mdisfigurement/ theirבָּהֶם֙ba./Hem[is] in <the>/ themמ֣וּםmuma blemishבָּ֔םBa/m[is] in <the>/ themלֹ֥אlo'not יֵרָצ֖וּye.ra.Tzuthey will be acceptedלָכֶֽם׃ פla./Khemfor <the>/ you

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Leviticus 21:6 They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.
Numbers 15:14 And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.
Malachi 1:12 “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
Leviticus 21:8 You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
Ezra 6:8 I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.
Malachi 1:7 By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
Ephesians 2:12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
Leviticus 21:21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
Numbers 16:40 just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.
1 John 5:18 We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.