Deuteronomy 15:21
But if there is a defect in it, such as being lame or blind, or having any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And if there is any blemish in it, such as if it is lame, or blind, or has any bad blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And if it have any blemish,{H3971} as if it be lame{H6455} or blind,{H5787} any ill{H7451} blemish{H3971} whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice{H2076} it unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And if there be any blemish{H3971} therein, as if it be lame{H6455}, or blind{H5787}, or have any ill{H7451} blemish{H3971}, thou shalt not sacrifice{H2076}{(H8799)} it unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
Yf there be any deformyte there in, whether it be lame or blinde or what soeuer euell fauerednesse it hath, thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lorde thi God:
Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf it haue a deformyte, so that it is lame or blynde, or hath eny other euell blemysh, thou shalt not offre it vnto ye LORDE thy God,
Geneva Bible (1560)
But if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or haue any euill fault, thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lord thy God,
Bishops' Bible (1568)
If there be any blemishe therin: as if it be lame, or blynde, or haue any other euyll fauourednesse, thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lorde thy God:
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
If it have any blemish, [as if it be] lame or blind, any ill blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`And when there is in it a blemish, lame, or blind, any evil blemish, thou dost not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God;
American Standard Version (1901)
And if it have any blemish, `as if it be' lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God.
American Standard Version (1901)
And if it have any blemish, [as if it be] lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
If it have any blemish, [as if it be] lame or blind, any ill blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
If they have any kind of blemish– lameness, blindness, or anything else– you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the LORD your God.
Referenced Verses
- Deut 17:1 : 1 Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep with a defect or any flaw, for that would be detestable to the LORD your God.
- Mal 1:7-8 : 7 By presenting defiled food on my altar. But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' By saying, 'The LORD's table is contemptible.' 8 When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you offer lame or sick animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you? says the LORD of Hosts.
- Lev 22:19-25 : 19 it must be a male without defect to be accepted, from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. 20 Do not offer anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. 21 If anyone offers a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD for a special vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there must be no blemish in it. 22 You must not offer to the LORD anything that is blind, broken, injured, or with warts, scabs, or skin disease; you must not bring them as a fire offering on the altar to the LORD. 23 You may offer a bull or lamb that has an overgrown or stunted limb as a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted as a vow offering. 24 You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land. 25 You must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner to offer as the food of your God. They are deformed and have defects; they will not be accepted on your behalf.
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1 Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep with a defect or any flaw, for that would be detestable to the LORD your God.
- Lev 22:19-268 verses86%
19 it must be a male without defect to be accepted, from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats.
20 Do not offer anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
21 If anyone offers a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD for a special vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be without defect to be accepted; there must be no blemish in it.
22 You must not offer to the LORD anything that is blind, broken, injured, or with warts, scabs, or skin disease; you must not bring them as a fire offering on the altar to the LORD.
23 You may offer a bull or lamb that has an overgrown or stunted limb as a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted as a vow offering.
24 You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land.
25 You must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner to offer as the food of your God. They are deformed and have defects; they will not be accepted on your behalf.
26 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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8 When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you offer lame or sick animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you? says the LORD of Hosts.
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10 If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.
- Deut 15:19-202 verses79%
19 Consecrate every firstborn male of your herd and flock to the Lord your God. Do not work the firstborn of your oxen or shear the firstborn of your sheep.
20 Each year, you and your household shall eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place He will choose.
- Lev 21:17-215 verses79%
17 Speak to Aaron and say: None of your descendants through their generations who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.
18 For no man who has a defect may approach: no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed.
19 No man with a broken foot or a broken hand,
20 or who is hunchbacked, a dwarf, has an eye defect, severe skin diseases, or damaged testicles.
21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect may approach to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not approach to offer the food of his God.
- Lev 3:6-72 verses79%
6 If his offering for a peace sacrifice to the LORD comes from the flock, whether male or female, it must be without defect.
7 If he offers a lamb as his offering, he is to present it before the LORD.
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1 If someone presents a peace offering and brings an offering from the herd, whether it is male or female, it must be without defect and be presented before the LORD.
- Lev 27:9-113 verses77%
9 If it is an animal that can be offered as an offering to the LORD, whatever is given to the LORD shall be holy.
10 It must not be exchanged or substituted, whether good for bad or bad for good. If it is exchanged, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy.
11 If it is an unclean animal that cannot be offered to the LORD as a sacrifice, it must be presented before the priest.
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5 Your lamb must be an unblemished male, a year old; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats.
- Lev 1:2-32 verses76%
2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When anyone among you brings an offering to the LORD, you are to bring your offering from the livestock—either from the herd or the flock.
3 If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the LORD.
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19 Present a fire offering as a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished year-old lambs.
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22 Eat it within your gates. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it, as though it were a gazelle or deer.
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3 You shall not eat any detestable thing.
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21 You shall not eat anything that dies naturally. You may give it to the foreigner living in your towns so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
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32 If they bring a lamb as their sin offering, it must be a female without defect.
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5 You must not sacrifice the Passover offering in any of the towns that the Lord your God is giving you.
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15 However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates as much as you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that He has given you. Both the unclean and the clean may eat it, as they would gazelle or deer.
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21 If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter from your herds and flocks that the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and eat within your gates as much as you desire.
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21 If anyone touches something unclean, whether it is human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat from the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.
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3 Anyone from the house of Israel who sacrifices an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp, or outside the camp,
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14 Cursed is the deceiver who has a male animal in his flock and vows to give it, but instead sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the LORD of Hosts, and my name is to be feared among the nations.
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12 On the day you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a year-old lamb without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord.
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36 You shall present a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old without defect.
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8 You shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs a year old, all without defect.
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23 but he must not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar because he has a defect. He must not profane My sanctuary, for I am the LORD who makes them holy.
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11 This is how it will be done for each bull, each ram, each lamb, or goat.
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14 They are to present their offering to the LORD: a year-old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering, a year-old female lamb without defect for a sin offering, and a ram without defect for a fellowship offering.
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14 Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.
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2 You shall offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord—one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs a year old, all without defect.
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3 and if you present an offering by fire to the Lord—a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a freewill offering, or at your appointed festivals—to create a pleasing aroma for the Lord, from the herd or the flock,
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2 You shall sacrifice the Passover offering to the Lord your God, from your flock and herd, in the place where the Lord chooses to place His name.
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13 You shall offer a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs a year old, all without defect.