Deuteronomy 15:21

21 But if an animal is lame or blind or has any other serious defect--never 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 must dedicate every firstborn male from your herds and flocks to the LORD your God. Never use a firstborn ox for work, and never shear a firstborn sheep.

20 Every year you and your family must eat these animals in the presence of the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.

21 But if an animal is lame or blind or has any other serious defect--never sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

22 Eat it in your city. Clean and unclean people may eat them together as if they were eating a gazelle or a deer.

23 But never eat the blood. Pour it on the ground like water.