Leviticus 22:19

“Ye shall offer at your own will, etc.] For vows and freewill offerings were at their own option, and depended on their own will and pleasure, and when offered should be with a willing mind, and from their whole heart: or “for good will to you”; as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; or for gracious, acceptation, that is, that they might be well pleasing to God, and acceptable in his sight, so Jarchi; in order to which the following direction was strictly to be observed: a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, and of the goats; bullocks, sheep, and goats, were the only sorts of beasts, out of which sacrifices were taken, and those that were for burnt offerings were always to be…”

“THE SACRIFICES MUST BE WITHOUT BLEMISH. (Lev. 22:17-33) Ye shall offer at your own will--rather, to your being accepted. a male without blemish--This law (Lev 1:3) is founded on a sense of natural propriety, which required the greatest care to be taken in the selection of animals for sacrifice. The reason for this extreme caution is found in the fact that sacrifices are either an expression of praise to God for His goodness, or else they are the designed means of conciliating or retaining His favor. No victim that was not perfect in its kind could be deemed a fitting instrument for such purposes if we assume that the significance of sacrifices is derived entirely from their relation to…”

“Ye shall offer at your own will a male - Rather, That it may be accepted (so Leviticus 22:29) for you it shall be a male. See Leviticus 1:3. It is the same phrase as in Leviticus 22:20-21, Leviticus 22:27. return to 'Top of Page'”

“A male - For a burnt - offering, which was always of that kind: but the females were accepted in peace - offerings, and sin - offerings. Leviticus 22:25”

“Lev 1:3, Lev 1:10, Lev 4:32; Exo 12:5; Mat 27:4, Mat 27:19, Mat 27:24, Mat 27:54; Luk 23:14, Luk 23:41, Luk 23:47; Joh 19:4; Co2 5:21; Eph 5:27; Heb 9:14; Pe1 1:19, Pe1 2:22-24, Pe1 3:18 Leviticus 22:20”