THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
Why does Moses prohibit the offering of a first-born animal that is injured? In Deuteronomy, he uses the example of the mute to instruct those who can speak, so that they may cultivate a discerning mind ready for every good deed.
Deuteronomy 15:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But if it have a blemish, or be lame, or blind, or in any part disfigured or feeble, it shall not be sacrificed to the Lord thy God.
וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֨ה ב֜וֹ מ֗וּם פִּסֵּ֙חַ֙ א֣וֹ עִוֵּ֔ר כֹּ֖ל מ֣וּם רָ֑ע לֹ֣א תִזְבָּחֶ֔נּוּ לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 17:1Thou shalt not sacrifice to the Lord thy God a sheep, or an ox, wherein there is blemish, or any fault: for that is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
- Mal 1:7To you, O priests, that despise my name, and have said: Wherein have we despised thy name? You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say: Wherein have we polluted thee? In that you say: The table of the Lord is contemptible.
- Mal 1:8If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? offer it to thy prince, if he will be pleased with it, or if he will regard thy face, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Lev 22:19To be offered by you: it shall be a male without blemish of the beeves, or of the sheep, or of the goats.
- Lev 22:25you shall not offer bread to your God, from the hand of a stranger, nor any other thing that he would give: because they are all corrupted, and defiled. You shall not receive them.