Quotes About Sacrifice

They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.

He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

no man who has a broken foot or hand,

or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.

Then the LORD said to Moses,

“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ëAny man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,

must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.

You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.í”

Then the LORD said to Moses,

“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.

But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.

When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.

It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.

The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.