Leviticus 22:19

Leviticus 22:19

Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

a. NLT: You will be accepted only if your offering is a male animal with no defects. It may be a bull, a ram, or a male goat. [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: That ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: At your pleasure a perfect one, a male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats; [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

d. Classic Amplified: That you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish of the young bulls, the sheep, or the goats. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

e. Septuagint: Your free-will-offerings [shall] be males without blemish of the herds, or of the sheep, or of the goats. 

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: To be favorable for you: [it must be] unblemished, male, from the cattle, the flock, of the goats. [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ldt.]

1. “Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish…”

a. [Ye shall offer at] your own will [Strong: 7522 ratsown raw-tsone' or ratson {raw-tsone'}; from 7521; delight (especially as shown):--(be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.]

b. [a]\ male [Strong: 2145 zakar zaw-kawr' from 2142; properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex):--X him, male, man(child, -kind).

c. without blemish [Strong: 8549 tamiym taw-meem' from 8552; entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth:--without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.]

2. “...of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.”

a. [of the] beeves [Strong: 1241 baqar baw-kawr' from 1239; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd:-- beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.]

b. [of the] sheep [Strong: 3775 keseb keh'-seb apparently by transposition for 3532; a young sheep:--lamb.]

c. [or of the] goats [Strong:  5795 `ez aze from 5810; a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used ellipt. for goat's hair):--(she) goat, kid.]

1). This passage (Leviticus 22:17-24) lays out the restrictions on offering blemished animals in sacrifice to the LORD.