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When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without defect, and a ram out of the flock without defect.
Ezekiel 43:23 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
  • BSB When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
  • NKJV When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram from the flock without blemish.
  • NASB When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock.
  • NLT When you have finished the cleansing ceremony, offer another young bull that has no defects and a perfect ram from the flock.

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  • Exod 29:1“This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest’s office: take one young bull and two rams without defect,

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