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17 You must not sacrifice to him[a] a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive[b] to the Lord your God. Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you in one of your villages[c] that the Lord your God is giving you who sins before the Lord your God[d] and breaks his covenant

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 17:1 tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.
  2. Deuteronomy 17:1 tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (toʿevah, “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.
  3. Deuteronomy 17:2 tn Heb “gates.”
  4. Deuteronomy 17:2 tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”