19. if it is to be acceptable for you, it must be an unblemished male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats.
20. You shall not offer one that has any blemish, for such a one would not be acceptable on your behalf.
21. When anyone presents a communion sacrifice to the Lord from the herd or the flock in fulfillment of a vow, or as a voluntary offering, if it is to find acceptance, it must be unblemished; it shall not have any blemish.
22. One that is blind or lame or maimed, or one that has running lesions or sores or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord; do not put such an animal on the altar as an oblation to the Lord.
23. An ox or a sheep that has a leg that is too long or is stunted you may indeed present as a voluntary offering, but it will not be acceptable as a votive offering.
24. One that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn out or cut off you shall not offer to the Lord. You shall neither do this in your own land
25. nor receive from a foreigner any such animals to offer up as the food of your God; since they are deformed or blemished, they will not be acceptable on your behalf.
26. The Lord said to Moses:
27. 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.
28. You shall not slaughter an ox or a sheep on one and the same day with its young.
29. Whenever you offer a thanksgiving sacrifice to the Lord, so offer it that it may be acceptable on your behalf;
30. it must be eaten on the same day; none of it shall be left over until morning. I am the Lord.
31. Be careful to observe my commandments. I am the Lord.