Deuteronomy 17:1

New Century Version

If an ox or sheep has something wrong with it, do not offer it as a sacrifice to the Lord your God. He would hate that.

Cross References

Genesis 41:19

Then I saw seven more cows come out of the river that were thin and lean and ugly—the worst looking cows I have seen in all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:5

The lamb must be a one-year-old male that has nothing wrong with it. This animal can be either a young sheep or a young goat.

Proverbs 11:1

The Lord hates dishonest scales, but he is pleased with honest weights.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the sacrifice that the wicked offer, but he likes the prayers of honest people.

Proverbs 20:10

The Lord hates both these things: dishonest weights and dishonest measures.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things the Lord hates. There are seven things he cannot stand:

Leviticus 1:3

“ ‘If the offering is a whole burnt offering from the herd, it must be a male that has nothing wrong with it. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent so that the Lord will accept the offering.

Malachi 1:8

When you bring blind animals as sacrifices, that is wrong. When you bring crippled and sick animals, that is wrong. Try giving them to your governor. Would he be pleased with you? He wouldn’t accept you,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Numbers 29:8

Bring these burnt offerings as a smell pleasing to the Lord: one young bull, one male sheep, and seven male lambs a year old. They must have nothing wrong with them.

Deuteronomy 15:21

If an animal is crippled or blind or has something else wrong, do not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 23:18

Do not bring a male or female prostitute’s pay to the Temple of the Lord your God to pay what you have promised to the Lord, because the Lord your God hates prostitution.

Deuteronomy 24:4

In either case, her first husband who divorced her must not marry her again, because she has become unclean. The Lord would hate this. Don’t bring this sin into the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.

Deuteronomy 25:16

The Lord your God hates anyone who is dishonest and uses dishonest measures.

Deuteronomy 7:25

Burn up their idols in the fire. Do not wish for the silver and gold they have, and don’t take it for yourselves, or you will be trapped by it. The Lord your God hates it.

Hebrews 9:14

How much more is done by the blood of Christ. He offered himself through the eternal Spirit as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will make our consciences pure from useless acts so we may serve the living God.

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb.