“‘ Suppose someone brings a friendship offering. If they offer an animal from the herd, it can be either male or female. It must not have any flaws. They must offer it in the sight of the Lord.

“人献供物为平安祭，若是从牛群中献，无论是公的是母的，必用没有残疾的献在耶和华面前。

“人献平安祭为供物，若是从牛群中献，无论是公的母的，要用没有残疾的，献在耶和华面前。

“人献平安祭为供物，若是从牛群中献，无论是公的母的，要用没有残疾的，献在耶和华面前。

“如果有人用牛献作平安祭，必须在耶和华面前献上毫无残疾的公牛或母牛。

“人的供物若是作平安祭，如果献的是牛，必须在耶和华面前献一头没有残疾的公牛或母牛；

「人獻供物為平安祭，若是從牛羣中獻，無論是公的是母的，必用沒有殘疾的獻在耶和華面前。

「人獻平安祭為供物，若是從牛羣中獻，無論是公的母的，要用沒有殘疾的，獻在耶和華面前。

「人獻平安祭為供物，若是從牛羣中獻，無論是公的母的，要用沒有殘疾的，獻在耶和華面前。

「如果有人用牛獻作平安祭，必須在耶和華面前獻上毫無殘疾的公牛或母牛。

“人的供物若是作平安祭，如果獻的是牛，必須在耶和華面前獻一頭沒有殘疾的公牛或母牛；

『人的供物若是平安祭，他若供獻牛羣中的，無論是公的是母的，他總要牽一隻完全沒有殘疾的到永恆主面前；

人獻酬恩之祭、如其用牛、或牡或牝、必純全無疵、奉於耶和華前、

如欲獻牛以酬恩、牝牡俱可、純潔是務、奉於我耶和華前、

人獻平安祭、若用牛、無論牝牡、皆當用無疵者、牽於主前、

“‘ If your offering is a fellowship offering, and you offer an animal from the herd, whether male or female, you are to present before the Lord an animal without defect.

“ If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.

“ If you present an animal from the herd as a peace offering to the Lord, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects.

“ If his offering is a fellowship sacrifice, and he is presenting an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he is to present one without blemish before the LORD.

‘ Now if his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to offer from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without defect before the Lord.

‘ When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.

And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace- offerings; if he offer of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before Jehovah.

“ If his offering is a fellowship sacrifice, and he is presenting an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present one without blemish before the Lord.

And if his oblation[ be] a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer[ it] of the herd; whether[ it be] a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.

“‘ Now if his offering is a peace offering sacrifice, if he presents an offering from the herd, he must present before the LORD a flawless male or a female.

“‘ If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without defect before Yahweh.

There they must present their offerings to the Lord. They must bring a male lamb a year old. It must not have any flaws. It is for a burnt offering. Then they must bring a female lamb a year old. It must not have any flaws. It is for a sin offering. And they must bring a ram that does not have any flaws. It is for a friendship offering.

“‘ 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.

We have been made right with God because of our faith. Now we have peace with him because of our Lord Jesus Christ.Through faith in Jesus we have received God’s grace. In that grace we stand. We are full of joy because we expect to share in God’s glory.

So let us come near to God with a sincere heart. Let us come near boldly because of our faith. Our hearts have been sprinkled. Our minds have been cleansed from a sense of guilt. Our bodies have been washed with pure water.

We announce to you what we have seen and heard. We do it so you can share life together with us. And we share life with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

You bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. You bring your best friendship offerings. But I will not even look at them.

“ 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?

God was pleased to bring all things back to himself. That’s because of what Christ has done. These things include everything on earth and in heaven. God made peace through Christ’s blood, by his death on the cross.

“ Today I offered what I promised I would. At home I have meat left over from my fellowship offering.

He brought two oxen, five rams and five male goats. He also brought five male lambs a year old. All of them would be sacrificed as a friendship offering. That was everything that Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, brought as his offering.

The Israelites are now making sacrifices in the open fields. But they must bring their sacrifices to the priest. They must bring them to me at the entrance to the tent of meeting. There they must sacrifice them as friendship offerings.

Also give one sheep from every flock of 200 sheep. Get them from the grasslands of Israel that receive plenty of water. Use them for grain offerings, burnt offerings and friendship offerings. They will be used to pay for the sin of the people,” announces the Lord and King.

David built an altar there to honor the Lord. He sacrificed burnt offerings and friendship offerings. He called out to the Lord. The Lord answered him by sending fire from heaven on the altar for burnt offerings.

Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel. They sat there and wept in front of the Lord. They didn’t eat anything that day until evening. Then they brought burnt offerings and friendship offerings to the Lord.

“‘ Make an altar out of dirt for me. Sacrifice your burnt offerings and friendship offerings on it. Sacrifice your sheep, goats and cattle on it. I will come to you and bless you everywhere I cause my name to be honored.

You sacrifice blind animals to me. Isn’t that wrong? You sacrifice disabled or sick animals. Isn’t that wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the Lord who rules over all.

Then he sent young Israelite men to sacrifice burnt offerings. They also sacrificed young bulls as friendship offerings to the Lord.

“‘ Here are some more rules for friendship offerings anyone may bring to the Lord.“‘ Suppose they offer a friendship offering to show they are thankful. Then together with the thank offering they must offer thick loaves of bread. They must make them without yeast. They must mix them with olive oil. Or they must offer thin loaves of bread made without yeast. They must spread olive oil on them. Or they must offer thick loaves of bread made out of the finest flour. They must add olive oil to it. They must work the flour and prepare it well.They must bring another friendship offering along with their thank offering. It should be thick loaves of bread made with yeast.They must bring one of each kind of bread as an offering. One kind is made with yeast. The other is not. Both of them are a gift to the Lord. They belong to the priest who splashes the blood of the friendship offering against the altar.The person must eat the meat from their thank offering on the day they offer it. They must not leave any of it until morning.“‘ But suppose they bring a friendship offering to keep a promise they have made. Or suppose they bring an offering they choose to give. Then they must eat the sacrifice on the day they offer it. But if anything is left over, they may eat it the next day.They must burn up any meat from the sacrifice left over until the third day.Suppose they eat any meat from the friendship offering on the third day. Then the Lord will not accept the offering. He will not accept it as a gift from them. It is not pure. If they eat any of it, they will be held responsible for it.“‘ They must not eat meat that touches anything“ unclean.” They must burn it up. Anyone“ clean” may eat any other meat.But suppose an“ unclean” person eats any meat from the friendship offering that belongs to the Lord. Then they will be separated from their people.Suppose someone touches something“ unclean.” It does not matter whether it comes from a human being who is not“ clean.” It does not matter whether it comes from an“ unclean” animal. It does not matter whether it comes from something hated and“ unclean.” And suppose they eat any of the meat from the friendship offering that belongs to the Lord. Then they will be separated from their people.’ ”The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ Speak to the Israelites. Tell them,‘ Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.Do not eat the fat of any animal found dead. Do not eat the fat of an animal that wild animals have torn apart. But you can use the fat for any other purpose.Suppose an animal has been sacrificed as a food offering to the Lord. No one may eat its fat. If they do, they will be separated from their people.No matter where you live, do not eat the blood of any bird or animal.Anyone who eats blood must be separated from their people.’ ”The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ Speak to the Israelites. Tell them,‘ Suppose someone brings a friendship offering to the Lord. Then they must bring part of it as their special gift to the Lord.They must bring it with their own hands. It is a food offering presented to the Lord. They must bring the fat together with the breast. They must lift the breast up and wave it in front of the Lord as a wave offering.The priest will burn the fat on the altar. But the breast belongs to Aaron and the priests in his family line.Give the right thigh from your friendship offerings to the priest as a gift.The priest who offers the blood and fat from the friendship offering must be given the right thigh. It is his share.I, the Lord, have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh that is given. I have taken them from the friendship offerings of the Israelites. And I have given them to Aaron the priest and the priests in his family line. The offerings will be their share from the Israelites for all time to come.’ ”

It will be the regular share from the Israelites for Aaron and his sons. The people must give it to the Lord from their friendship offerings.

Early the next day the people built an altar. They brought burnt offerings and friendship offerings.

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.Do not bring an animal that has any flaws. If you do, the Lord will not accept it from you.Suppose any of you brings an animal for a friendship offering to the Lord. Then it must not have any flaws at all. If it does, the Lord will not accept it. It does not matter whether the animal is from your herd or flock. It does not matter whether you bring it to keep a promise or because you choose to give it.