Leviticus 22 – Discretionary giving

“Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable. Do not offer to the LORD the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as an offering made to the LORD by fire. You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow.”

The offerings that were required had to be free of defect. The additional discretionary giving was allowed to be deformed or stunted. Suddenly I don’t feel so bad for donating those cans of green beans to the food pantry.

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