Deuteronomy 15:21

But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.

In Context

20But year by year you and all your house are to take a meal of it before the Lord, in the place of his selection.

22It may be used for food in your houses: the unclean and the clean may take of it, as of the gazelle and the roe.

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Cross References

Leviticus 22:19So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats.

Leviticus 22:23An ox or a lamb which has more or less than its natural parts, may be given as a free offering; but it will not be taken in payment of an oath.

Malachi 1:7You put unclean bread on my altar. And you say, How have we made it unclean? By your saying, The table of the Lord is of no value.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 15:20-23

19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the… Read the whole commentary →

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