Leviticus 22:27

When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
bullock	שׁ֣וֹר Shor	H7794	a bullock (as a traveller) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
sheep	כֶ֤שֶׂב Khe.sev	H3775	a young sheep · noun, common masculine singular absolute
goat	עֵז֙ 'ez	H5795	a she-goat (as strong) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
forth	יִוָּלֵ֔ד yi.va.Led	H3205	to bear young · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
seven	שִׁבְעַ֥ת shiv.'At	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
days	יָמִ֖ים ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
dam	אִמּ֑וֹ 'i.Mo	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
eighth	הַשְּׁמִינִי֙ ha.she.mi.Ni	H8066	eight · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	וּמִיּ֤וֹם u.mi.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
thenceforth	וָהָ֔לְאָה va.Hal.'ah	H1973	to the distance · conjunction + adverb
accepted	יֵרָצֶ֕ה ye.ra.Tzeh	H7521	to be pleased with · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
offering	לְקָרְבַּ֥ן le.kar.Ban	H7133	something brought near the altar · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
fire	אִשֶּׁ֖ה 'i.Sheh	H801	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	לַיהוָֽה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 22:30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Leviticus 12:2-3 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; accor…
Leviticus 19:23-24 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircum…
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 i…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:17–end

Here are four laws concerning sacrifices: - I. Whatever was offered in sacrifice to God should be without blemish, otherwise it should not be accepted. This had often been mentioned in the particular institutions of the several sorts of offerings. Now here they are told what was to be accounted a blemish which rendered a beast unfit for sacrifice: if it was blind, or lame, had a wen, or the mange (Lev 22:22), - if it was bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut (Lev 22:24), that is, as the Jewish writers understand it, if it was, in any of these ways, castrated, if bulls and rams were made into oxen and weathers, they might not be offered. Moreover a difference is made between what was brough…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 22:27

it shall be seven days under the dam--Animals were not considered perfect nor good for food till the eighth day. As sacrifices are called the bread or food of God (Lev 22:25), to offer them immediately after birth, when they were unfit to be eaten, would have indicated a contempt of religion; and besides, this prohibition, as well as that contained in Lev 22:28, inculcated a lesson of humanity or tenderness to the dam, as well as secured the sacrifices from all appearance of unfeeling cruelty. Next: Leviticus Chapter 23

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 22:27

When a bullock - is brought forth - This is a most unfortunate as well as absurd translation. The creature called an ox is a bull castrated; surely then a bullock was never yet brought forth! The original word שור shor signifies a bull, a bullock, or indeed any thing of the neat kind: here, even common sense required that it should be translated calf; and did I not hold myself sacredly bound to print the text of the common version with scrupulous exactness, I should translate the former clause of this verse thus, and so enter it into the text: When a Calf, or a Lamb, or a Kid is brought forth, instead of, When a bullock, a sheep, or a goat is brought forth, the absurdity of which is glaring.…

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The Church Fathers

Scripture says, "At least grant the offspring to its mother for its first seven days." For if nothing comes to be without reason and milk flows in the mothers for the nourishment of the offspring, then in taking the offspring away from the providential endowment of the milk, a person is doing violence to nature. So Greeks and anyone else who runs the law down ought to blush for shame if the law is generous over irrational beasts. Yet some people actually expose human offspring to abortive death. By prophetic authority the law has for a long time cut short their ferocity through this commandment of which we have been speaking. For if the law refuses to allow the offspring of irrational creatures to be separated from their mother before taking milk, it is far more forceful in preparing human beings against that cruel, uncivilized view [exposure to death of infants]. If they ignore nature, at least they may not ignore the lessons of the law.
— Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata Book 2

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Dictionary and topics

First Born, The · Of clean beasts: Not taken from the dam for seven days — Of clean beasts: Not taken from the dam for seven days
Goat · be killed for food before it was eight days old — be killed for food before it was eight days old
Offerings · All animal sacrifices must be eight days old or more — All animal sacrifices must be eight days old or more

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 22:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 22:27

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 22:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 22:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 22:27

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 22:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Leviticus 22:27

John Calvin on Leviticus 22:27-28

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 22:27

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 22:27

Rashi on Leviticus 22:27