Quotes about Sacrifice
Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.
— Deuteronomy 16:17
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
— Deuteronomy 16:21
You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.
— Deuteronomy 17:1
This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
— Deuteronomy 18:3
You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.
— Deuteronomy 18:4
then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
— Deuteronomy 18:7
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
— Deuteronomy 18:10
Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
— Deuteronomy 21:3
bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
— Deuteronomy 21:4
Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
— Deuteronomy 21:8
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
— Deuteronomy 21:22
You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
— Deuteronomy 23:18