Deuteronomy 17:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ “You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep in which is a blemish, any defect whatever; for that is an abomination to the Lord your God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ YOU SHALL not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or sheep with a blemish or any defect whatsoever, for that is an abomination to the Lord your God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, or anything evil; for that is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

Common English Bible

¹ Don’t sacrifice to the LORD your God any oxen or sheep that have defects of any kind, because that is detestable to the LORD your God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ "You shall not immolate to the Lord your God a sheep or an ox, in which there is a blemish or any defect at all; for this is an abomination to the Lord your God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Thou shalt not sacrifice to the Lord thy God a sheep, or an ox, wherein there is blemish, or any fault: for that is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

Deuteronomy 17:1 Cross References

Genesis 41:19

and seven other cows came up after them, poor and very gaunt and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:5

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old; you shall take it from the sheep or from the goats;

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 20:10

Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things which the Lord hates, seven which are an abomination to him:

Leviticus 1:3

“If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord;

Malachi 1:8

When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that no evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that no evil? Present that to your governor; will he be pleased with you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 29:8

but you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing odor: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;

Deuteronomy 15:21

But if it has any blemish, if it is lame or blind, or has any serious blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 23:18

You shall not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 24:4

then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring guilt upon the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 25:16

For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 7:25

The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, or take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.