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23 As for an ox[a] or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted,[b] you may present it as a freewill offering, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:23 tn Heb “And an ox.”
  2. Leviticus 22:23 tn Heb “and stunted” (see HALOT 1102 s.v. I קלט).
  3. Leviticus 22:23 sn The freewill offering was voluntary, so the regulations regarding it were more relaxed. Once a vow was made, the paying of it was not voluntary (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 151-52, for very helpful remarks on this verse).