Leviticus 1:3

3“If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer aa male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord.

Leviticus 1:10

10If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish,

Leviticus 22:19-24

19if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a bmale without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats. 20 cYou shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. 21And when anyone doffers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord eto 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. 22Animals fblind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or gan itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food hoffering on the altar. 23You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part itoo long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted. 24Any 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 17:1

1 j“You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep in which is a blemish, any defect whatever, for that is an abomination to the Lord your God.

Malachi 1:7-8

7 kBy offering polluted food upon my altar. lBut you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that mthe Lord’s table may be despised. 8 nWhen you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 1:14

14Cursed be the cheat who has oa male in his flock, and pvows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For qI am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name rwill be feared among the nations.

Hebrews 7:26

26For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, sholy, innocent, unstained, tseparated from sinners, and uexalted above the heavens.

Hebrews 9:13-14

13For if vthe blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with wthe ashes of a heifer, sanctify
Or  For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies
for the purification of the flesh,
14how much more will ythe blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit zoffered himself without blemish to God, aapurify our
Some manuscripts your
conscience acfrom dead works adto serve the living God.

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