Deuteronomy 17:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־תִזְבַּח֩ לַיהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ שׁ֣וֹר וָשֶׂ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִהְיֶ֥ה בוֹ֙ מ֔וּם כֹּ֖ל דָּבָ֣ר רָ֑ע כִּ֧י תוֹעֲבַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

Not tizbaḥ to YHWH ʾĕlōheḵā šôr and śeh which yihyeh in it mûm, all dāḇār rāʿ, because tôʿăḇat YHWH ʾĕlōheḵā it.

Grammar Details

לֹא־תִזְבַּח֩: negative particle + qal imperfect 2ms - you shall not sacrifice
לַיהוָ֨ה: preposition + divine name - to YHWH
אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ: noun masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your God
שׁ֣וֹר: noun masculine singular - bull/ox
וָשֶׂ֗ה: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and sheep/lamb
אֲשֶׁ֨ר: relative particle - which/that
יִהְיֶ֥ה: qal imperfect 3ms - it will be
בוֹ֙: preposition + 3ms suffix - in it
מ֔וּם: noun masculine singular - blemish/defect
כֹּ֖ל: noun masculine singular construct - all of/any
דָּבָ֣ר: noun masculine singular - word/thing/matter
רָ֑ע: adjective masculine singular - evil/bad
כִּ֧י: conjunction - because/for
תוֹעֲבַ֛ת: noun feminine singular construct - abomination of
יְהוָ֥ה: divine name - YHWH
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ: noun masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your God
הֽוּא: 3ms pronoun - it/he [is]

Word Meanings

*tizbaḥ*: sacrifice/slaughter/offer
*šôr*: bull/ox
*śeh*: sheep/lamb/one of the flock
*mûm*: blemish/defect/physical flaw
*dāḇār*: word/thing/matter
*rāʿ*: evil/bad/harmful/injurious
*tôʿăḇat*: abomination/detestable thing

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Referenced Verses

Deut 15:21 : 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.
Deut 23:18 : 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deut 24:4 : 4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Mal 1:8 : 8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
Mal 1:13-14 : 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
1 Pet 1:19 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Gen 41:3-4 : 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
Gen 41:19 : 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
Exod 12:5 : 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Lev 22:20-25 : 20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. 25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
Deut 25:16 : 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Prov 6:16 : 16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Prov 20:10 : 10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

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Deut 15:21
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21And 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.
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19Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
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Deut 23:18
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