Deuteronomy 15:21
And when there is a blemish in it, [or it is] lame or blind, [or has] any evil blemish, you do not sacrifice it to your God YHWH;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20you eat it before your God YHWH year by year, in the place which YHWH chooses, you and your house.
22you eat it within your gates, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe and as the deer.
Cross References
Leviticus 22:19[you bring near] at your pleasure a perfect one, a male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats;
Leviticus 22:23As for an ox or sheep [that] is deformed or stunted—you make it a willing-offering, but it is not pleasing for a vow.
Malachi 1:7You are bringing defiled bread near on My altar, || And you have said, In what have we defiled You? In your saying, The table of YHWH—it [is] despicable,
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 →