Leviticus Chapter 22 verse 25 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer.--That is, the prohibition to sacrifice these animals is not restricted to beasts castrated in the land, but extends to all such as have been so treated out of the land, and are imported and sold to the Israelites by the hands of foreigners.Because their corruption is in them.--That is, their mutilation is in them, though not effected by an Israelite nor in the land. The circumstance that such an animal is purchased from the hand of a foreigner does not alter the case.They shall not be accepted for you.--That is, if the Israelites bring such mutilated sacrifices, thinking that, because they have been procured from a stranger's hand, they do not transgress the law laid down in the preceding verse, they will not be accepted by God, who regards them as blemished and illegal. Jewish canonists, however, regard this verse as regulating the sacrifices offered by Gentiles, and maintain that the same law about defective animals is here laid down in their case. But the manifest contrast between the expression, when the deed is done "in your land," at the end of the preceding verse, and the words "from the hand of a foreigner," at the beginning of this verse; and more especially the declaration in the clause before us, "they shall not be acceptable for you," i.e., the Israelites, show beyond doubt that the Israelites themselves are here spoken of as the offerers.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewNeither you norלֹ֥א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, noa foreignerבֶּן־ (ben-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 1121: A sonshall presentתַקְרִ֛יבוּ (ṯaq·rî·ḇū)Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 7126: To come near, approachfoodלֶ֥חֶם (le·ḥem)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3899: Food, bread, grainto your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativefrom anyמִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everysuch [animal].אֵ֑לֶּה (’êl·leh)Pronoun - common pluralStrong's 428: These, thoseThey will notלֹ֥א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nobe acceptedיֵרָצ֖וּ (yê·rā·ṣū)Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debton your behalf,לָכֶֽם׃ (lā·ḵem)Preposition | second person masculine pluralStrong's Hebrew becauseכִּ֣י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionthey are deformedמָשְׁחָתָ֤ם (mā·šə·ḥā·ṯām)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 4893: Corruption (ceremonial)and flawed.’”מ֣וּם (mūm)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3971: To stain, a blemishJump to PreviousAccept Accepted Animals Behalf Blemish Blemishes Bread Corruption Defect Deformed Food Foreigner Gotten Hand Israelite Mark Offer Offering Pleased Pleasing Present Stranger Stranger's Unclean