Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD. New Living Translation “When a calf or lamb or goat is born, it must be left with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a special gift to the LORD. English Standard Version “When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the LORD. Berean Standard Bible “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 a food offering presented to the LORD. King James Bible When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. New King James Version “When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall be seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted as an offering made by fire to the LORD. New American Standard Bible “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days 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. NASB 1995 “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD. NASB 1977 “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to Yahweh. Amplified Bible “When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain for seven days with its mother; and after the eighth day it shall be accepted as an offering by fire to the LORD. Christian Standard Bible “When an ox, sheep, or goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days; from the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering, a food offering to the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible When an ox, sheep, or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days; from the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a gift, a fire offering to the LORD. American Standard Version When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. Contemporary English Version Newborn cattle, sheep, or goats must remain with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day, you may send them up in smoke to me, and I will accept the offering. English Revised Version When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire unto the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation "When a calf, a lamb, or a goat is born, it must stay with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on it may be accepted as a sacrifice by fire to the LORD. International Standard Version "Whenever a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it is to remain for seven days under the care of its mother. But on the eighth day onwards, it may be accepted as an offering made by fire to the LORD. Majority Standard Bible ?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 a food offering presented to the LORD. NET Bible "When an ox, lamb, or goat is born, it must be under the care of its mother seven days, but from the eighth day onward it will be acceptable as an offering gift to the LORD. New Heart English Bible "When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire to the LORD. World English Bible “When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother. From the eighth day on it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Yahweh. Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“When ox, or lamb, or goat is born, and it has been under its mother [for] seven days, then from the eighth day and from now on, it is pleasing for an offering, a fire-offering to YHWH; Young's Literal Translation 'When ox or lamb or goat is born, and it hath been seven days under its dam, then from the eighth day and henceforth, it is pleasing for an offering, a fire-offering to Jehovah; Smith's Literal Translation When a calf or lamb, or goat, shall be brought forth, it shall be seven days under its mother; and from the eighth day and beyond, it shall be accepted for an offering, a sacrifice to Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWhen a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, they shall be seven days under the udder of their dam: but the eighth day, and thenceforth, they may be offered to the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version An ox, a sheep, or a goat, when they have been born, shall be under the udder of their mother for seven days. But on the eighth day and thereafter, they are able to be offered to the Lord. New American Bible When an ox or a lamb or a goat is born, it shall remain with its mother for seven days; only from the eighth day onward will it be acceptable, to be offered as an oblation to the LORD. New Revised Standard Version When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as the LORD’s offering by fire. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhen a bullock or a lamb or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its dam; and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire to the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated “A bullock, or lamb, or a kid, when it will be born, shall be following its mother seven days, and from the eighth day and beyond his offering shall be accepted as an offering to LORD JEHOVAH. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; but from the eighth day and thenceforth it may be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Brenton Septuagint Translation As for a calf, or a sheep, or a goat, whenever it is born, then shall it be seven days under its mother; and on the eighth day and after they shall be accepted for sacrifices, a burnt-offering to the Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Worthy Offerings…26Then the LORD said to Moses, 27“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. 28But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.… Cross References Exodus 22:30 You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me. Deuteronomy 15:19-23 You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock. / Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose. / 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. ... Exodus 23:19 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. Exodus 34:26 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” Deuteronomy 14:21 You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. Numbers 18:17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Genesis 17:12 Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring. 1 Samuel 7:9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. 1 Samuel 1:24-28 Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. / And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli. / “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. ... 2 Chronicles 31:6 And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps. Isaiah 7:14-16 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel. / By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. / For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste. Luke 2:21-24 When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived. / And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord / (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”), ... Hebrews 10:5-10 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. / Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” ... Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 1 Peter 1:19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. Treasury of Scripture When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire to the LORD. Leviticus 22:25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. Leviticus 12:2,3 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean… Leviticus 19:23,24 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of… Jump to Previous Acceptable Accepted Birth Born Bull Bullock Calf Dam Eighth Fire Forth Goat Mother Oblation Offering Ox Sacrifice Seven Sheep ThenceforthJump to Next Acceptable Accepted Birth Born Bull Bullock Calf Dam Eighth Fire Forth Goat Mother Oblation Offering Ox Sacrifice Seven Sheep ThenceforthLeviticus 22 1. The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things6. 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 When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born This phrase highlights the specific animals used in sacrificial offerings, which were common in ancient Israelite worship. Oxen, sheep, and goats were domesticated animals integral to the agrarian lifestyle of the Israelites. These animals were considered clean according to Levitical law and were often used in various offerings and sacrifices. The choice of these animals underscores their value and significance in the community, both economically and religiously. it must remain with its mother for seven days From the eighth day on it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites. 2. Israelites The people to whom the laws were given, God's chosen people, living under the covenant. 3. Ox, Sheep, Goat Animals specified in the law for sacrificial offerings, representing the livestock of the Israelites. 4. The LORD The God of Israel, who established the sacrificial system as a means of worship and atonement. 5. Tabernacle The place where offerings were made, serving as the dwelling place of God among His people. Teaching Points The Principle of WaitingThe requirement for animals to remain with their mother for seven days teaches patience and the importance of maturity before offering to God. Symbolism of the Eighth Day The eighth day represents new beginnings and completeness, pointing to the resurrection of Christ and the new creation. Holiness in Offerings The law emphasizes that offerings to God must be without blemish and given at the right time, reflecting the holiness and perfection required in worship. God's Provision and Order The specific instructions for offerings show God's care for His creation and His desire for order and intentionality in worship. Christ as the Fulfillment Understanding the sacrificial system helps us appreciate Christ's role as the ultimate sacrifice, fulfilling the law and providing eternal redemption.(27) When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat--The three sacrificial quadrupeds. (See Leviticus 22:19 and Leviticus 17:3-6.) Is brought forth.--From this expression it was enacted during the second Temple that the animal fit for a sacrifice had to be born naturally. One brought into the world by artificial aid was disqualified for the altar. It shall be seven days under the dam.--Under seven days the animal is extremely weak, and unfit for human food, and hence must not be offered as the food of God, as sacrifices are called. (See Leviticus 22:25.) For the same reason children could not be circumcised before the eighth day from their birth. (See Exodus 22:29.) Because the text here says that the newly born animal is to be with the dam seven days, it was enacted that if the mother died before the seven days (in which case it could not be with the dam seven days), it was for ever disqualified for a sacrifice. Hebrew “Whenכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction an ox, שׁ֣וֹר (šō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera) a sheep, כֶ֤שֶׂב (ḵe·śeḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3775: A young sheep or אוֹ־ (’ōw-) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if a goat עֵז֙ (‘êz) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5795: Female goat is born, יִוָּלֵ֔ד (yiw·wā·lêḏ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage it must remain וְהָיָ֛ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be with תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of its mother אִמּ֑וֹ (’im·mōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 517: A mother, ) for seven שִׁבְעַ֥ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number days. יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day From the eighth הַשְּׁמִינִי֙ (haš·šə·mî·nî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 8066: Eighth (an ordinal number) day וּמִיּ֤וֹם (ū·mî·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3117: A day on, וָהָ֔לְאָה (wā·hā·lə·’āh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 1973: To the distance, far away, thus far it will be acceptable יֵרָצֶ֕ה (yê·rā·ṣeh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt as an offering לְקָרְבַּ֥ן (lə·qā·rə·ban) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7133: Something brought near the altar, a sacrificial present to the LORD לַיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel made by fire. אִשֶּׁ֖ה (’iš·šeh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 801: A burnt-offering, a sacrifice Links Leviticus 22:27 NIVLeviticus 22:27 NLT Leviticus 22:27 ESV Leviticus 22:27 NASB Leviticus 22:27 KJV Leviticus 22:27 BibleApps.com Leviticus 22:27 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 22:27 Chinese Bible Leviticus 22:27 French Bible Leviticus 22:27 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 22:27 When a bull or a sheep (Le Lv Lev.) |
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