Deuteronomy 15:21

21 "¹But if it has any defect, such as lameness or blindness, or any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 15:21 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 15:21

And if there be any blemish therein
In the firstling, as if it be "lame or blind", or have

any ill blemish: thou shall not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God;
blemishes in any beast made it unfit for sacrifices which were required; and so all peace offerings, vows, and freewill offerings, were to be free from any, ( Leviticus 22:19-24 ) ( Malachi 1:14 ) , such were not fit for an holy sacrifice or an holy feast.

Deuteronomy 15:21 In-Context

19 "You shall consecrate to the LORD your God all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

20 "You and your household shall eat it every year before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses.

21 "But if it has any defect, such as lameness or blindness, or any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

22 "You shall eat it within your gates; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as a gazelle or a deer.

23 "Only you shall not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 22:19-25; Deuteronomy 17:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "blemish"
• [b]. Lit "blemish"