Cross references
Exodus 12:5
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
Exodus 12:5 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 9:13–14 (10 votes) and Malachi 1:14 (9 votes). 30 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Exodus 29 to 1 Peter 1.
Which verses does Exodus 12:5 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Hebrews 9:13–1410 votes
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Malachi 1:149 votes
“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
- 1 Peter 1:18–199 votes
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- Malachi 1:7–87 votes
By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible. When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
- Deuteronomy 17:16 votes
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.
- Leviticus 22:18–245 votes
“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf. …
- Leviticus 23:125 votes
On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
- Hebrews 7:265 votes
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
- Leviticus 1:34 votes
If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
- Leviticus 1:104 votes
If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
- 1 Samuel 13:1-2 votes
Which verses point to Exodus 12:5?
The 10 strongest of 30.