Blemish מוּם

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Aug 15, 2026 · 4m

We are in chapter twenty-one of Leviticus with our word for today. מוּם spot, blemish, injury. It is used 21 times in the Old Testament, 5 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of injury. Proverbs 9:7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs מוּמֽוֹ injury. Leviticus 24:19-20 If anyone מ֖וּם injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever מוּם֙injury he has given a person shall be given to him. We also see our word used to describe perfection in the sense of…