Deuteronomy 15:21 KJV

And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.

Thou and Ye

  • thou, thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Respecting the firstlings of cattleHere is a direction what to do with the firstlings. We are not now limited as the Israelites were; we make no difference between a first calf, or lamb, and...

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Cross References

  • Deuteronomy 17:1 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.
  • Leviticus 22:19–25 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. …
  • Malachi 1:7–8 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. …

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Topics

  • Blindness Of animals, disqualified for a sacrifice
  • Firstborn Of man and beast, reserved to himself by God
  • Lameness Disqualified animals for sacrificial uses

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Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And if there be any blemish וְכִי wĕkî Conjunction יִהְיֶה yihyê Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular בוֹ bô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular מוּם mûm מאוּם Noun · masculine singular
  • therein, as if it be lame פִּסֵּחַ pissēaḥ פִּסֵּחַ Adjective · masculine singular
  • or blind אוֹ ʾô Conjunction עִוֵּר ʿiwwēr עִוֵּר Adjective · masculine singular
  • any ill כֹּל kōl Noun · masculine singular construct רָע rāʿ רַע Adjective · masculine singular
  • blemish מוּם mûm מאוּם Noun · masculine singular
  • thou shalt not sacrifice לֹא lōʾ Negative תִזְבָּחֶנּוּ tizbāḥennû זָבַח Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • it unto the LORD לַיהוָה layhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
  • thy God אֱלֹהֶיךָ ʾĕlōhêkā אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular

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