“‘ If someone offers a burnt offering from the flock, it must be a male animal. It can be a sheep or a goat. It must not have any flaws.

“人的供物若以绵羊或山羊为燔祭，就要献上没有残疾的公羊。

“人的供物若以绵羊或山羊为燔祭，要献一只没有残疾的公羊。

“人的供物若以绵羊或山羊为燔祭，要献一只没有残疾的公羊。

“如果用绵羊或山羊作燔祭，必须用毫无残疾的公羊。

“人的供物若是献羊作燔祭，不论是绵羊或是山羊，总要献一只没有残疾的公羊。

「人的供物若以綿羊或山羊為燔祭，就要獻上沒有殘疾的公羊。

「人的供物若以綿羊或山羊為燔祭，要獻一隻沒有殘疾的公羊。

「人的供物若以綿羊或山羊為燔祭，要獻一隻沒有殘疾的公羊。

「如果用綿羊或山羊作燔祭，必須用毫無殘疾的公羊。

“人的供物若是獻羊作燔祭，不論是綿羊或是山羊，總要獻一隻沒有殘疾的公羊。

『人的供物若是以羊羣中的為燔祭，無論是用綿羊或山羊，他總要供獻一隻公的、完全沒有殘疾的。

如獻綿羊山羊為燔祭、當取牡者、純全無疵、

如欲燔羊、則綿羊可、山羊亦可、必取牡者、純潔是務、

若用羊獻為火焚祭、無論綿羊山羊、皆當用無疵之牡者、

“‘ If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.

“ If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish,

“ If the animal you present as a burnt offering is from the flock, it may be either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a male with no defects.

“ But if his offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, from sheep or goats, he is to present an unblemished male.

‘ But if his offering is from the flock, either from the sheep or from the goats, as a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without defect.

‘ If his offering is of the flocks— of the sheep or of the goats— as a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring a male without blemish.

And if his oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt- offering; he shall offer it a male without blemish.

“ But if his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from sheep or goats, he is to present an unblemished male.

And if his offering[ be] of the flocks,[ namely], of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

“‘ If his offering is from the flock for a burnt offering– from the sheep or the goats– he must present a flawless male,

“‘ If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without defect.

And suppose he realizes his guilt and his sin becomes known. Then he must bring an offering. It must be a male goat. It must not have any flaws.

And Abel also brought an offering. He brought the fattest parts of some animals from his flock. They were the first animals born to their mothers. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering.

Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord. He took some of the“ clean” animals and birds. He sacrificed them on the altar as burnt offerings.

“ Speak to the Israelites. Tell them,‘ Suppose anyone among you brings an offering to the Lord. They must bring an animal from their herd or flock.“‘ If someone brings a burnt offering from the herd, they must offer a male animal. It must not have any flaws. They must bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then the Lord will accept it.

“ Suppose you have a male sheep or goat that does not have any flaws. And you promise to offer it to me. But then you sacrifice an animal that has flaws. When you do that, you cheat me. And anyone who cheats me is under my curse. After all, I am a great king,” says the Lord who rules over all.“ The other nations have respect for my name. So why don’t you respect it?

You must bring a male animal without any flaws if you want the Lord to accept it from you. It does not matter whether it is from your cattle, sheep or goats.

All of us are like sheep. We have wandered away from God. All of us have turned to our own way. And the Lord has placed on his servant the sins of all of us.He was treated badly and made to suffer. But he didn’t open his mouth. He was led away like a lamb to be killed. Sheep are silent while their wool is being cut off. In the same way, he didn’t open his mouth.

The animals you choose must be males that are a year old. They must not have any flaws. You may choose either sheep or goats.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said,“ Look! The Lamb of God! He takes away the sin of the world!