Deuteronomy 17:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Thou shalt

Any evilfavouredness

Genesis 41:3

For that

Proverbs 20:10

General references

Leviticus 22:20

Deuteronomy 15:21

Bible References

Thou shalt

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.

Let your lamb be without a mark, a male in its first year: you may take it from among the sheep or the goats:

But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.

And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.

How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?

But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

Any evilfavouredness

And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.

For that

Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things are disgusting to the Lord your God.

Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.

Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

General references

But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.

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.