Quotes about Sacrifice
“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
— Leviticus 21:17
No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
— Leviticus 21:21
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
— Leviticus 22:7
But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
— Leviticus 22:11
If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
— Leviticus 22:14
by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”
— Leviticus 22:16
Then the LORD said to Moses,
— Leviticus 22:17
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
— Leviticus 22:19
You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
— Leviticus 22:20
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