Deuteronomy 15:21

Deuteronomy 15:21 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)If an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if there is a defect in it, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

Context of Deuteronomy 15:21

19“You shall consecrate (set apart) to the Lord your God all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and flock. You shall not work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. 20You and your household shall eat it every year before the Lord your God in the place [for worship] which the Lord chooses. But if it has any defect or injury, such as lameness or blindness, or any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 22You shall eat it within your [city] gates; the [ceremonially] unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as [if it were] a gazelle or a deer. 23Only you shall not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 15:21 word by word

וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֨ה ב֜וֹ מ֗וּם פִּסֵּ֙חַ֙ א֣וֹ עִוֵּ֔ר כֹּ֖ל מ֣וּם רָ֑ע לֹ֣א תִזְבָּחֶ֔נּוּ לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• blemishמוּםm'ûm mûm · blemishH3971
• lameפִּסֵּחַpissêach · lameH6455
• or blindעִוֵּר‛ivvêr · blindH5787
• any illרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• thou shalt not sacrificeזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• it unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 15:21

• Deuteronomy 17:1“You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or sheep with a blemish or any defect, for that is a detestable thing to the Lord your God.
• Leviticus 22:20You shall not offer anything which has a blemish, because it will not be accepted for you.
• Malachi 1:7You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By thinking that the table of the Lord is contemptible and may be despised.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 15:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21If there be any blemish - See the notes on Leviticus 22:20. God will have both a perfect priest and a perfect offering.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-23Verses 19-23 Compare Exodus 13:11 ff. The directions of the preceding legislation (see Numbers 18:15 ff) are here assumed, with the injunction added, that the animals thus set apart to God Deuteronomy 15:19 were not to be used by their owners for their earthly purposes. It is further allowed that firstborn animals which had a blemish should be regarded as exceptions, and instead of being given to God might be used as food Deuteronomy 15:21-22. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-23Verses 19-23 Here 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 the rest. Let us then look to the gospel meaning of this law, devoting ourselves and the first of our time and strength to God; and using all our comforts and enjoyments to his praise, and under the direction of his law, as we have them all by his gift.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21A defect was any physical flaw that lowered the value of an animal. If an animal was already of little or no value, offering it would not be a true sacrifice. A sacrifice required giving something valuable (2 Samuel 24:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 15:21

• Blindness
• Firstborn
• Lameness

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings