Exodus 12:5
12:5 Your lamb must be
perfect,
a male, one year old;
you may take
it from the sheep or from the goats.
Leviticus 22:20-25
22:20 You must not present anything that has a flaw,
because it will not be acceptable for your benefit.
22:21 If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the
Lord for a special votive offering
or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable;
it must have no flaw.
22:22 “‘You must not present to the Lord something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. You must not give any of these as a gift on the altar to the Lord.
22:23 As for an ox or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering.
22:24 You must not present to the Lord something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; you must not do this in your land.
22:25 Even from a foreigner you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed; they will not be acceptable for your benefit.’”
Malachi 1:8
1:8 For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick,
is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them
to your governor! Will he be pleased with you
or show you favor?” asks the
Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 1:13-14
1:13 You also say, ‘How tiresome it is.’ You turn up your nose at it,” says the
Lord who rules over all, “and instead bring what is stolen, lame, or sick. You bring these things for an offering! Should I accept this from you?”
asks the
Lord.
1:14 “There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king,”
says the
Lord who rules over all, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”
Hebrews 9:14
9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our
consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
Hebrews 9:1
The Arrangement and Ritual of the Earthly Sanctuary
9:1 Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.
Hebrews 1:1
Introduction: God Has Spoken Fully and Finally in His Son
1:1 After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,