Leviticus 22:25

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.

Cross-references

Leviticus 22:20 states the general rule that no defective animal may be offered — the same principle applied here to foreigners.

Leviticus 21:21 prohibits blemished priests from offering the bread of God—a direct parallel to the blemish prohibition for animals in Leviticus 22:25.

Leviticus 21:22 allows blemished priests to eat the bread of God—contrasting with the outright rejection of blemished animals in Leviticus 22:25.

Leviticus 21:6 reinforces that priests must be holy because they offer the bread of God—deepening the sacred context behind the offering rules in Leviticus 22:25.

Leviticus 21:8 likewise emphasizes priestly holiness due to handling the bread of God, echoing the sanctity required for offerings in Leviticus 22:25.

Malachi 1:7 Parallel

Malachi 1:7 condemns offering polluted food on God's altar, directly paralleling the prohibition of blemished sacrifices in Leviticus 22:25.

Malachi 1:8 Parallel

Malachi 1:8 specifies blind, lame, or sick animals as examples of the blemishes prohibited in Leviticus 22:25.

Malachi 1:12-14 continues the rebuke against defective sacrifices, reinforcing the seriousness of the Leviticus 22:25 rule.

Numbers 9:14 includes foreigners equally in Passover, contrasting with the restriction on offering defective animals from them here.

Numbers 15:14-16 establishes one law for natives and foreigners; Leviticus 22:25 restricts foreigners' defective animals, consistent with that law.

Ezekiel 44:7 condemns admitting any foreigners into the sanctuary, a stricter restriction than only banning defective offerings.