Leviticus 4:32
And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
Cross-reference
In Leviticus 4:28, the same requirement of a female without blemish is given for a goat sin offering, paralleling the lamb here.
In Leviticus 5:6, the trespass offering is also a female from the flock (lamb or goat) for a sin offering, nearly identical to this.
Leviticus 14:10 also requires unblemished lambs for leper cleansing, reinforcing the same standard of perfection.
In Leviticus 3:6, a peace offering from the flock also requires an animal without blemish, though it allows male or female.
Leviticus 22:19 extends the 'without blemish' rule to all offerings, which this sin offering lamb follows.
Revelation 5:9 sings of the Lamb who was slain and by His blood ransomed people — directly echoing the sin offering's purpose.
Revelation 5:8 shows the Lamb receiving worship and holding bowls of incense — the worthy, victorious sacrificial Lamb.
Revelation 5:6 presents a Lamb looking as if it had been slain, standing in heaven — the exalted fulfillment of the sacrificial lamb.
1 Peter 3:18 says Christ suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous — reflecting the substitutionary sin offering.
1 Peter 2:24 shows Christ bore our sins in His body — mirroring the substitutionary role of the sin offering lamb.
1 Peter 2:22 states Christ committed no sin — fulfilling the sinless condition required of the sacrificial lamb.
1 Peter 1:18-20 explicitly calls Christ a lamb without blemish or defect, redeeming believers by His precious blood.
Hebrews 9:14 presents Christ as the unblemished sacrifice whose blood cleanses, fulfilling the lamb requirement here.
Hebrews 7:26 describes Christ as holy, blameless, and pure — echoing the 'without blemish' requirement for the sin offering lamb.
Ephesians 5:27 applies the 'without blemish' language to the church, made spotless through Christ's sacrifice — a parallel of the lamb's purity.
In John 1:36, John the Baptist identifies Jesus as the 'Lamb of God' — directly linking Him to the sin offering lamb without blemish.
In John 1:29, John declares Jesus the Lamb of God who takes away sin, directly fulfilling the sin offering lamb typology.
In Isaiah 53:7, the suffering servant is led like a lamb to slaughter, typologically fulfilled by Christ as the sin offering lamb.
In Exodus 12:5, the Passover lamb must be without blemish but male, while here the lamb is female; both require unblemished.