blemish

noun

«blemish» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

A physical flaw that makes an animal unfit for an offering or a priest unfit to serve; also a moral fault.

Interpretation. Offerings had to be perfect, and the rabbis list many blemishes; the idea teaches giving God one's best.

A flaw, mark or fault that spoils how something looks or is. tree →

No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse. (Torah DEU.32.5, JPS 1917) tree →
And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.20, JPS 1917) tree →
And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.23, JPS 1917) tree →
When thou hast made an end of purifying it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. (Prophets EZK.43.23, JPS 1917) tree →
And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD shall be in the sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish; (Prophets EZK.46.4, JPS 1917) tree →
And thou shalt prepare a lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering unto the LORD daily; morning by morning shalt thou prepare it. (Prophets EZK.46.13, JPS 1917) tree →

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