Offerings that are not acceptable

17 Yahweh also said to Moses/me, 18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israeli people and tell them that I command this: ‘If any of you Israelis or foreigners who live in Israel brings to me an animal that will be completely burned on the altar, either as a result of a solemn promise that you made to me or to be an offering that is given voluntarily, 19 it must be an animal that has no defects, in order that it will be accepted by me. 20 Do not bring any animals that have defects, because I will not accept them as an offering from you. 21 Similarly, when someone brings from his cattle or sheep or goats an offering to maintain fellowship with me, either to fulfill a promise that he made to me or to be a voluntary offering, in order that I will accept it, it must have no defects [DOU] or blemishes. 22 Do not offer to me animals that are blind or injured or maimed/crippled, or any animal that has warts or a festering sore [DOU]. 23 You may present to me to be a voluntary offering an ox or a sheep that is injured or stunted, but it will not be accepted to fulfill a promise made to me. 24 You must not offer to me animals whose testicles are bruised or crushed or torn or cut. You must not injure the testicles of any animal in your land, 25 and you must not accept such animals that are sold/given to you by a foreigner. You must not offer them to me as a sacrifice for me. Such animals will not be accepted by me, because they are deformed or have defects.’ ”

26 Yahweh also said to Moses/me, 27 “When a calf or lamb or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. After that, it will be acceptable as an offering to me that will be burned. 28 Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its baby on the same day.

29 “Then you sacrifice an animal to thank me for what I have done, sacrifice it in a way that is acceptable to me. 30 The meat must be eaten on that day; do not leave any of it until the next morning. I, Yahweh, am the one who am commanding this.

31 “Obey all my commands [DOU]. I, Yahweh, am commanding them; 32 do not dishonor me [MTY] by disobeying them. You Israeli people must acknowledge that I, Yahweh, am holy, and I am the one who causes you to be holy. 33 And I am the one who brought you out of Egypt in order to show that that I, Yahweh, am and will always be your God.”