Deuteronomy 15:21

What does Deuteronomy 15:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 15:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And when there is in it a blemish, lame, or blind, any evil blemish, thou dost not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But if there be a defect therein, [if it be] lame, or blind, [or have] any evil defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thyGod.

Context

v.20Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.

v.21This passage

v.22Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Malachi 1:7

    Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

  • Leviticus 22:19

    that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats.

  • Deuteronomy 17:1

    Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, or anything evil; for that is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

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