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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

"Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, '^(C1)Anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their ^(F1)vows or any of their ^(F2)voluntary offerings, which they present to the LORD as a burnt offering—

^(C1)for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect ^(F1)from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

'^(C1)Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you.

'When someone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD ^(C1)to fulfill a special vow or for a ^(F1)voluntary offering, ^(F2)of the herd or ^(F2)of the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.

'Those that are blind, fractured, maimed, or have a wart, a festering rash, or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the LORD.

'Now as for an ox or a lamb which has an ^(F1)overgrown or stunted member, you may present it as a ^(F2)voluntary offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.

'Also ^(C1)anything with its testicles squashed, crushed, torn off, or cut off, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor ^(F1)sacrifice in your land,

nor shall you offer any of these animals taken from the hand of a ^(F1)foreigner ^(C1)as the ^(F2)food of your God; for their deformity is in them, they have an impairment. They will not be accepted for you.'"

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

"When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall ^(F1)remain ^(C1)seven days ^(F2)with its mother, and from the eighth day on it will be considered acceptable as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD.

"^(C1)But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young in one day.

"When you sacrifice ^(C1)a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

"It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until morning. I am the LORD.

"^(C1)So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the LORD.

"And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

^(C1)who brought you out from the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the LORD."