Leviticus 22:24-28
Leviticus 22:24
Also anything with its testicles squashed, crushed, torn off, or cut off, you shall not offer to the Lord, nor sacrifice in your land,
Leviticus 22:25
nor shall you offer any of these animals taken from the hand of a foreigner as the food of your God; for their deformity is in them, they have an impairment. They will not be accepted for you.’ ”
Leviticus 22:26
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 22:27
“When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it will be considered acceptable as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the Lord.
Leviticus 22:28
But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not slaughter both it and its young in one day.