What Does Leviticus 22:24 Mean in the King James?
Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
In context, the four injury words name damage to a male animal’s testicles, making this a precise anatomical disqualification.
THE MEANING
The verse draws a precise boundary around what is brought to the LORD: a male animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut cannot be offered. It also forbids making such an offering anywhere in the land, keeping each named injury concrete.
THE ROOT
כָּתוּת
kattut
GROWS FROM
כתת
k-t-t
To beat, crush, or break into pieces.
“crushed” in this verse is kattut. The root כתת (k-t-t), meaning to beat or crush, appears in words for both bodily injury and forceful processing. Here it names damage to the animal’s reproductive organs; elsewhere, the same root describes olives beaten for lamp oil and swords beaten into plowshares.
ALSO GROWS
katit: Beaten or pressed, describing olive oil.
כָּתִית
Exodus 27:20 uses this form for olive oil beaten for the lamp; the shared root keeps the force of pressing visible while the object and result differ.
vekittetu: They shall beat.
וְכִתְּתוּ
Isaiah 2:4 uses this form for beating swords into plowshares, another outcome named through the same root.
THE PATTERN
Across scripture, an offering’s bodily condition is part of its acceptability, and the texts name damage and blemish directly.
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:THE THREAD
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.The word translated “beaten” is כָּתִית (katit), from the same root כתת (k-t-t) as “crushed” here. The shared root names forceful pressing in both verses; here it injures the animal, while there it prepares oil for light.
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