Deuteronomy 17:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

No ox or sheep which has a mark on it or is damaged in any way may be offered to the Lord your God: for that is disgusting to the Lord your God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 15:21 : 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.
  • Deut 23:18 : 18 Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things are disgusting to the Lord your God.
  • Deut 24:4 : 4 Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
  • Mal 1:8 : 8 And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.
  • Mal 1:13-14 : 13 And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord. 14 A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:
  • Gen 41:3-4 : 3 And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows. 4 And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.
  • Gen 41:19 : 19 Then after them came seven other cows, very thin and poor-looking, worse than any I ever saw in the land of Egypt;
  • Exod 12:5 : 5 Let your lamb be without a mark, a male in its first year: you may take it from among the sheep or the goats:
  • Lev 22:20-25 : 20 But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord. 21 And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage. 22 Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord. 23 An 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. 24 An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land. 25 And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.
  • Deut 25:16 : 16 For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.
  • Prov 6:16 : 16 Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

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  • Deut 15:21
    87%

    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.

  • Lev 22:19-26
    8 verses
    85%

    19 So 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.

    20 But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.

    21 And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage.

    22 Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.

    23 An 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.

    24 An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land.

    25 And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.

    26 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Deut 14:3
    81%

    3 No disgusting thing may be your food.

  • Lev 1:10
    79%

    10 And if his offering is of the flock, a burned offering of sheep or goats, let him give a male without a mark.

  • Num 28:19
    79%

    19 And you are to give an offering made by fire, a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:

  • Deut 25:16
    78%

    16 For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Lev 3:1
    78%

    1 And if his offering is given for a peace-offering; if he gives of the herd, male or female, let him give it without any mark on it, before the Lord.

  • Lev 3:6
    78%

    6 And if what he gives for a peace-offering to the Lord is of the flock, let him give a male or female, without any mark on it.

  • Mal 1:14
    77%

    14 A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.

  • Mal 1:8
    77%

    8 And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.

  • Deut 7:26
    77%

    26 And you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.

  • Lev 27:9-11
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    77%

    9 And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.

    10 It may not be changed in any way, a good given for a bad, or a bad for a good; if one beast is changed for another, the two will be holy.

    11 And if it is any unclean beast, of which offerings are not made to the Lord, then let him take the beast before the priest;

  • Num 29:36
    77%

    36 And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord: one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:

  • Num 18:17
    77%

    17 But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.

  • Deut 17:2
    77%

    2 If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement,

  • Num 29:8
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    8 And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year: only those without any mark on them may be used:

  • Num 29:2
    76%

    2 And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them:

  • Lev 1:2-3
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    2 Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock.

    3 If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.

  • Lev 17:8
    76%

    8 And say to them, If any man of Israel, or any other living among them, makes a burned offering or other offering,

  • Deut 15:19
    76%

    19 All the first males to come to birth in your herd and your flock are to be holy to the Lord your God: the first birth of your ox is not to be used for work, the wool of your first lamb is not to be cut.

  • Lev 17:3
    76%

    3 If any man of Israel puts to death an ox or a lamb or a goat, in or outside the tent-circle;

  • Deut 12:31
    75%

    31 Do not so to the Lord your God: for everything which is disgusting to the Lord and hated by him they have done in honour of their gods: even burning their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

  • Exod 23:19
    75%

    19 The best of the first-fruits of your land are to be taken into the house of the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

  • Exod 22:20
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    20 Complete destruction will come on any man who makes offerings to any other god but the Lord.

  • Deut 12:17
    75%

    17 In your towns you are not to take as food the tenth part of your grain, or of your wine or your oil, or the first births of your herds or of your flocks, or anything offered under an oath, or freely offered to the Lord, or given as a lifted offering;

  • Deut 12:4
    75%

    4 Do not so to the Lord your God.

  • Deut 14:21
    75%

    21 You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

  • Deut 23:18
    75%

    18 Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things are disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Num 28:11
    75%

    11 And on the first day of every month you are to give a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark;

  • Ezek 43:25
    75%

    25 Every day for seven days you are to give a goat for a sin-offering: and let them give in addition a young ox and a male sheep from the flock without any mark on them.

  • Exod 34:15
    75%

    15 So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

  • Exod 34:26
    75%

    26 Take the first-fruits of your land as an offering to the house of the Lord your God. Let not the young goat be cooked in its mother's milk

  • Num 29:13
    75%

    13 And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, thirteen oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, all without any mark on them;

  • Deut 16:5
    75%

    5 The Passover offering is not to be put to death in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you:

  • Lev 21:20
    74%

    20 Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;

  • Lev 18:24
    74%

    24 Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:

  • Deut 18:12
    74%

    12 For all who do such things are disgusting to the Lord; and because of these disgusting things the Lord your God is driving them out before you.

  • Exod 29:1
    74%

    1 This is what you are to do to make them holy, to do the work of priests to me: Take one young ox and two male sheep, without any mark on them,

  • Lev 18:21
    74%

    21 And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

  • Deut 18:9
    74%

    9 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, do not take as your example the disgusting ways of those nations.