Neither any gotten from a stranger's hand shall you offer as the bread of your God of any of these; because their defect is in them, and blemishes are in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Bread, which always accompanies the sacrifices for sin. Holocausts might be offered by the Gentiles. (2 Machabees iii. 3.; 1 Esdras vi. 9.) (Josephus, Antiquities xviii. 7.; Selden, Jur. iii. 4, 7.)
Them. To reconcile this with ver. 18, we must understand because in the sense of in as much as; they are all corrupted, when contrary to these regulations. The strangers shall not be allowed to offer any blemished victim. Hebrew, "Neither from the hand of a stranger shall you offer the bread (or victims) of your God of any of these; because. Blemishes are in them: they shall not be accepted (by God) for you (or them). "The Chaldean and other versions explain it in the same sense. Presents of gold, were accepted, and kept in the temple. The family of Augustus showed their generosity in this respect. (Philo, Legat.) (Calmet)
Strangers, or pagans, could not offer victims, but they might give money to purchase them. (Tirinus)
