Exo 12:5, Lev 3:1, 4:23, 22:19-24, Deu 15:21, Zec 13:7, Mal 1:14, Luk 1:35 | ESV | STEP | Your lamb shall be without blemish , a male a year old . You may take it from the sheep or from the goats ,

v[See ver. 32 above]

Exodus 12:5

5 Your lamb shall be ^awithout blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,

Leviticus 3:1

Laws for Peace Offerings

1 “If his offering is ^ba sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, ^che shall offer it ^dwithout blemish before the Lord.

Leviticus 4:23

23 or ^ethe sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish,

Leviticus 22:19-24

19 if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a ^fmale without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats. 20 ^gYou shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. 21 And when anyone ^hoffers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord ⁱto fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it. 22 Animals ^jblind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or ^kan itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food ^loffering on the altar. 23 You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part ^mtoo long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted. 24 Any animal that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not offer to the Lord; you shall not do it within your land,

Deuteronomy 15:21

21 ⁿBut if it has any blemish, if it is lame or blind or has any serious blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

Zechariah 13:7

The Shepherd Struck

7 “Awake, O sword, against ^omy shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”

declares the Lord of hosts.
^p“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Malachi 1:14

14 Cursed be the cheat who has ^qa male in his flock, and ^rvows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For ^sI am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name ^twill be feared among the nations.

Luke 1:35

35 And the angel answered her, ^u“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of ^vthe Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add of you} will be called ^xholy— ^ythe Son of God.