Quotes about Sacrifice
When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
- Leviticus 22:21
You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:22
You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
- Leviticus 22:23
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.
- Leviticus 22:24
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.’”
- Leviticus 22:25
Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Leviticus 22:26
“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:27
But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
- Leviticus 22:28
When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
- Leviticus 22:29
It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:30
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Leviticus 23:5
For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”
- Leviticus 23:8