The Meaning of Leviticus 22:20 Explained

Leviticus 22:20

KJV: But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

YLT: nothing in which is blemish do ye bring near, for it is not for a pleasing thing for you.

Darby: Nothing that hath a defect shall ye present; for it shall not be acceptable for you.

ASV: But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[But] whatsoever hath a blemish,  [that] shall ye not offer:  for it shall not be acceptable  for you. 

What does Leviticus 22:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 22

1  The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things
6  How they shall be cleansed
10  Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things
17  The sacrifices must be without blemish
26  The age of the sacrifice
29  The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving

What do the individual words in Leviticus 22:20 mean?

Whatever that in it has a defect not you shall offer for acceptable it shall be on your behalf
כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־ בּ֥וֹ מ֖וּם לֹ֣א תַקְרִ֑יבוּ כִּי־ לְרָצ֖וֹן יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם

כֹּ֛ל  Whatever 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אֲשֶׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בּ֥וֹ  in  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
מ֖וּם  has  a  defect 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְאוּם 
Sense: blemish, spot, defect.
תַקְרִ֑יבוּ  you  shall  offer 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
לְרָצ֖וֹן  acceptable 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רָצֹון  
Sense: pleasure, delight, favour, goodwill, acceptance, will.
יִהְיֶ֥ה  it  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָכֶֽם  on  your  behalf 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural