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You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a blemish, [or] anything evil; for that is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
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A Picture of Christ's Perfection
Commentators explain that the requirement for a physically perfect animal sacrifice was a powerful symbol. It pointed forward to the ultimate, spiritually perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the 'unblemished and immaculate Lamb of God,' who was without sin and offered himself without spot to God.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This verse relates to the subject of the last chapter. It prohibits again () that form of insult to God which consists in offering to him a blemish…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou shalt not sacrifice ... —The law concerning the purity of victims is given in full in Leviticus 22:17-25. It takes its place …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall not sacrifice unto the Lord your God any bullock or sheep wherein is blemish
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No creature which had any blemish was to be offered in sacrifice to God. We are thus called to remember the perfect, pure, and spotless sacrifice o…
