Text: Deuteronomy 15:19-23
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 22:22
Subject: specific blemishes disqualifying offerings
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Leviticus 22:22 provides a detailed list of specific blemishes that disqualify an animal from sacrifice: blind (עִוֶּרֶת, ivveret), broken (שָׁבוּר, shavur), maimed, having sores, scabs, or running sores. Deuteronomy 15:21 echoes this by singling out lameness (פִּסֵּחַ, pisseach) and blindness (עִוֵּר, ivver) as representative disqualifying defects for firstborn animals. While Leviticus 22 provides the comprehensive catalog, Deuteronomy 15 distills it to the most obvious cases and adds the practical ruling that blemished firstborn may be eaten as non-sacrificial food "within your gates." The texts work together: Leviticus provides the exhaustive standard; Deuteronomy offers the accessible summary and the practical alternative.