Deuteronomy 15:21

And if there be any blemish thereon, if it be lame, or blind, or have any [other] ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God.

Leeser Tanakh

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

20Before the Lord thy God shalt thou eat it year by year, in the place which the Lord will choose, thou with thy household.

22Within thy gates shalt thou eat it, the unclean and the clean together, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

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Cross References

Leviticus 22:19Then shall it be, that it may be favorably received for you, a male without blemish, of the oxen, of the sheep, or of the goats.

Leviticus 22:23And an ox or a lamb that hath a limb too long or too short, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be favorably received.

Malachi 1:7Ye offer upon my altar polluted bread; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

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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