Leviticus 22:19
New International Version
you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a male without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats.

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

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

New King James Version
you shall offer of your own free will a male without blemish from the cattle, from the sheep, or from the goats.

New American Standard Bible
for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

NASB 1995
for you to be accepted— it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

NASB 1977
for you to be accepted—it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

Legacy Standard Bible
for you to be accepted—it must be a male without blemish from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

Amplified Bible
so that you may be accepted—it must be a male without blemish from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.

Christian Standard Bible
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for you to be accepted.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for you to be accepted.

American Standard Version
that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A burnt peace offering is acceptable: a male that has no defect in it, of oxen or of lambs or of goats.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
your free-will-offerings shall be males without blemish of the herds, or of the sheep, or of the goats.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To be offered by you, it shall be a male without blemish of the beeves, or of the sheep, or of the goats.

English Revised Version
that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The offering must be a male that has no defects from your cattle, sheep, or goats in order to be accepted.

Good News Translation
To be accepted, it must be a male without any defects.

International Standard Version
so that he'll be sure to be accepted, he is to offer a male without defect from the bulls, the lambs, and the goats.

JPS Tanakh 1917
that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

Literal Standard Version
[you bring near] at your pleasure a perfect one, a male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats;

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

New American Bible
if it is to be acceptable for you, it must be an unblemished male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats.

NET Bible
if it is to be acceptable for your benefit it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.

New Revised Standard Version
to be acceptable in your behalf it shall be a male without blemish, of the cattle or the sheep or the goats.

New Heart English Bible
that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

World English Bible
that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.

Young's Literal Translation
at your pleasure a perfect one, a male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Worthy Offerings
18“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any 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, 19must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf. 20You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.…

Cross References
Leviticus 21:18
No man who has any defect may approach--no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;

Deuteronomy 15:21
But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Leviticus 1:3,10
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD…

Leviticus 4:32
And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.

Exodus 12:5
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

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Leviticus 22
1. The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things
6. How they shall be cleansed
10. Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things
17. The sacrifices must be without blemish
26. The age of the sacrifice
29. The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving














(19) Ye shall offer at your own will a male.--Better, that it may be accepted for you it shall be a male; or, ye shall offer for your acceptance a male. repeating the word offer; or, for your acceptance it must be a male, as the Authorised version renders the same phrase in Leviticus 22:20-21; Leviticus 22:27 (see Leviticus 1:3).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
must offer an unblemished
תָּמִ֣ים (tā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8549: Entire, integrity, truth

male
זָכָ֔ר (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male

from the cattle,
בַּבָּקָ֕ר (bab·bā·qār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

sheep,
בַּכְּשָׂבִ֖ים (bak·kə·śā·ḇîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3775: A young sheep

or goats
וּבָֽעִזִּֽים׃ (ū·ḇā·‘iz·zîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5795: Female goat

in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑ם (lir·ṣō·nə·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7522: Goodwill, favor, acceptance, will


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