## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 99

###### Sifrei Devarim 99:1
[Sifrei Devarim 99:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/99:1)

(דברים יד ג) **לֹא תֹאכַל כָּל תּוֹעֵבָה**, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִן לְצוֹרֵם אֹזֶן הַבְּכוֹר וְאוֹכֵל מִמֶּנָּה, שֶׁעוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא תֹאכַל כָּל תּוֹעֵבָה**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 14:3) "You shall not eat any abomination": R. Eliezer says: Whence is it derived that if one slit the ear of a *bechor* (a first-born beast, thus blemishing it) and ate of it (the beast, after slaughtering it), he transgresses a negative commandment? From "You shall not eat any abomination."


###### Sifrei Devarim 99:2
[Sifrei Devarim 99:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/99:2)

אֲחֵרִים אוֹמְרִים: בִּפְסוּלֵי הַמֻּקְדָּשִׁים הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר; נֶאֱמַר כָּאן **תּוֹעֵבָה** וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן (דברים יז א) ״לֹא תִזְבַּח לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ שׁוֹר וָשֶׂה וְגוֹ׳ כִּי תוֹעֲבַת ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא״; מַה תּוֹעֵבָה הָאֲמוּרָה לְהַלָּן בִּפְסוּלֵי הַמֻּקְדָּשִׁים הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, אַף תּוֹעֵבָה הָאֲמוּרָה כָּאן בִּפְסוּלֵי הַמֻּקְדָּשִׁין הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Others say: The verse speaks of offerings which have become invalidated, it being written here "abomination," and, elsewhere, (*Ibid*. 17:1) "You shall not sacrifice to the L-rd your G-d an ox or a lamb in which there is a blemish, any evil thing, for it is the *abomination* of the L-rd your G-d." Just as "abomination" there speaks of offerings which have become invalidated (by a blemish), so, "abomination" here.