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Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
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A Picture of Perfection
All commentators agree that the lamb's characteristics are a direct foreshadowing of Jesus Christ. Its unblemished nature points to Christ's sinlessness, its maleness to his strength, and its age—'a year old'—to his sacrifice in the prime of life. As Matthew Henry and others summarize, every detail was designed to point to the perfect 'Lamb of God.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Without blemish - This is in accordance with the general rule (margin reference): although in this case there is a special reason, since the…
19th Century
Anglican
Without blemish. —Natural piety teaches that we must not offer the blind, the lame, or the sick for sacrifice ([Reference…
Baptist
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
It was to be …
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16th Century
Protestant
Your lamb shall be without blemish. We will see elsewhere that in all their sacrifices prescribed by the Law they were diligently to bewar…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your lamb shall be without blemish Without any spot or defect in it. Maimonides F8 reckons no less than fifty …
The Lord makes all things new to those whom he delivers from the bondage of Satan, and takes to himself to be his people. The time when he does thi…
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