Deuteronomy 17:1
Thou schalt not offre to thi Lord God an oxe and a scheep in which is a wem, ether ony thing of vice, for it is abhominacioun to thi Lord God.
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Genesis 41:3and othere seuene, foule and leene, camen out of the flood, and weren fed in thilk brenke of the watir, in grene places;
Exodus 12:5Forsothe the lomb schal be a male of o yeer, without wem; bi which custom ye schulen take also a kide + 12:5 a kide, if a lomb may not be had in good maner. ;
Leviticus 22:23A man may offre wilfuli an oxe and scheep, + 22:23 an oxe and scheep, in Ebreu it is, a scheep and an oxe superflu and dymynute, that is, hauynge a membre superflu ether failinge a membre. whanne the eere and tail ben kit of; but avow may not be paied of these beestis.
Deuteronomy 23:18Thou schalt not offre the hire of `an hoore hows, nether the prijs of a dogge, in the hows of thi Lord God, what euer thing it is that thou hast avowid; for euer eithir is abhomynacioun bifor thi Lord God.
Deuteronomy 25:16For the Lord schal haue hym abhomynable that doith these thingis, and he wlatith, `ethir cursith, al vnriytfulnesse.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 17:1
The charge of this chapter is, I. Concerning the purity and perfection of all those animals that were offered in sacrifice, ver. 1 . II. Concerning the punishment of those that worshipped idols, ver. 2-7 . III. Concerning appeals from the inferior courts to the great sanhedrim, ver. 8-13 . IV. Concerning the choice and duty of a king, ver. 14 , &c. Read the whole commentary →