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Leviticus 22:25

22:24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
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.

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You must not offer the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner as any of these; because their corruption is in them. There is a defect in them. They shall not be accepted for you.’”

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.

Neither from a stranger’s hand shall you 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. ¶

22:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

What does Leviticus 22:25 mean?

Leviticus 22:25 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נֵכָר (nêkâr), יָד (yâd), קָרַב (qârab).

Hebrew interlinear

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Neither
from
a
stranger'sנֵכָרnêkâr/nay-kawr'/H5236foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
handיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
shall
ye
offerקָרַבqârab/kaw-rab'/H7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
the
breadלֶחֶםlechem/lekh'-em/H3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
of
your
Godאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
of
any
of
these;
because
their
corruptionמִשְׁחָתmishchâth/mish-khawth'/H4893disfigurement
is
in
them,
and
blemishesמאוּםmʼûwm/moom/H3971to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)
be
in
them:
they
shall
not
be
acceptedרָצָהrâtsâh/raw-tsaw'/H7521to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
for
you.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 22:25.

Exodus 16:3

And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Ezekiel 44:7

In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. strangers: Heb. children of a stranger

Haggai 2:14

Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

Zephaniah 3:2

She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. correction: or, instruction

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What does Leviticus 22:25 say?

Leviticus 22:25 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Leviticus 22:25 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 22:25 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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