Deuteronomy 15:21

15:21 If they have any kind of blemish – lameness, blindness, or anything else ¹  – you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 32:5

32:5 His people have been unfaithful ²  to him;

they have not acted like his children ³  – this is their sin. ⁴ 

They are a perverse ⁵  and deceitful generation.

Deuteronomy 17:1

17:1 You must not sacrifice to him ⁶  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive ⁷  to the Lord your God.

[15:21]  ¹ tn Heb “any evil blemish”; NASB “any (+ other NAB, TEV) serious defect.”

[32:5]  ² tc The 3rd person masculine singular שָׁחַת (shakhat) is rendered as 3rd person masculine plural by Smr, a reading supported by the plural suffix on מוּם (mum, “defect”) as well as the plural of בֵּן (ben, “sons”).

[32:5]  ³ tn Heb “(they are) not his sons.”

[32:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “defect” (so NASB). This highly elliptical line suggests that Israel’s major fault was its failure to act like God’s people; in fact, they acted quite the contrary.

[32:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “twisted,” “crooked.” See Ps 18:26.

[17:1]  ³ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[17:1]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.