“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.”
And you must not accept such animals from the hands of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects. The prohibition on accepting defective animals from foreigners for offering — the priests who receive and present offerings must reject defective animals even when they come from outside the community. The deformed and have defects assessment grounds the rejection in the condition of the animal, not the identity of the donor. The standard applies equally to animals brought by Israelites and foreigners.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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