When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable. The fellowship offering's without-defect requirement is stated for voluntary offerings: both the vow offering (fulfilling a specific promise to God) and the freewill offering (a spontaneous expression of gratitude or devotion) must be without defect to be acceptable. The voluntary character of these offerings does not lower the acceptability standard; if anything, the voluntary nature of the offering communicates that the offerer is choosing to bring the best rather than being required to bring a minimum.

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