"For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering."
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If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
\51:14\Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give `it', Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not.