Deuteronomy 17:1

New English Translation

You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the Lord your God.

Cross References

Genesis 41:19

Then seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows as these in all the land of Egypt!

Exodus 12:5

Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

Proverbs 11:1

The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

Proverbs 20:10

Diverse weights and diverse measures – the Lord abhors both of them.

Proverbs 6:16

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

Leviticus 1:3

“‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd he must present it as a flawless male; he must present it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent for its acceptance before the Lord.

Malachi 1:8

For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick, is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them to your governor! Will he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the Lord who rules over all.

Numbers 29:8

But you must offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish.

Deuteronomy 15:21

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.

Deuteronomy 23:18

You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 24:4

her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord. You must not bring guilt on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 25:16

For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 7:25

You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

1 Peter 1:19

but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.