Deuteronomy 15:21 NIV
If an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 17:1 NIV
Do not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep that has any defect or flaw in it, for that would be detestable to him.
Ephesians 2:18 NIV
For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
Ephesians 5:27 NIV
and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
Exodus 12:5 NIV
The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.
Hebrews 10:8-10 NIV
First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them” —though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 7:26 NIV
Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
Hebrews 9:14 NIV
How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!