-Disqualified priests from exercising the priestly office Leviticus 21:18
-Disqualified animals for sacrificial uses Deuteronomy 15:21
-Hated by David 2 Samuel 5:8
-Healed by Jesus Matthew 11:5; 15:31; 21:14; Luke 7:22 .Peter Acts 3:2-11
-FIGURATIVE Hebrews 12:13