Leviticus 22:25 KJV

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.

Matthew Henry

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Malachi 1:14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Leviticus 21:6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
  • Leviticus 21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
  • Leviticus 21:21–22 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. …
  • Numbers 15:14–16 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. …
  • Numbers 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

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Topics

  • Blemish Animals with, forbidden to be used for sacrifice
  • Bread Sacrificed
  • Corruption Physical decomposition
  • Offerings Must be perfect (whole, complete)
  • Strangers Their eating things offered in sacrifice

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Bible Dictionary

  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Strong’s Numbers

  • Neither from a stranger's נֵכָר nêkâr
  • hand יָד yâd בֵּן bên
  • shall ye offer קָרַב qârab
  • the bread לֶחֶם lechem
  • of your God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
  • of any of these; because their corruption מִשְׁחָת mishchâth
  • in them, and blemishes מאוּם mʼûwm
  • in them: they shall not be accepted רָצָה râtsâh

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