Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I gave your ancestors no commands about burnt offerings or any other kinds of sacrifices when I brought them out of Egypt. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For I spoke not to your fathers, and I commanded them not, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning the matter of burnt offerings and sacrifices. nor. 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat or rams. Psalm 40:6 Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require: Psalm 50:8-17 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight. . . . Psalm 51:16,17 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted. . . . Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts. Matthew 9:13 Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners. Mark 12:33 And that he should be loved with the whole heart and with the whole understanding and with the whole soul and with the whole strength. And to love one's neighbour as one's self is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices. burnt offerings. Context Judah's Idolatry Persists…21Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat ye the flesh. 22For I spoke not to your fathers, and I commanded them not, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning the matter of burnt offerings and sacrifices.23But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk ye in all the way that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.… Cross References Deuteronomy 17:3 So as to go and serve strange gods, and adore them, the sun and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which I have not commanded: 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat or rams. Psalm 40:6 Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require: Psalm 51:16 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted. Jeremiah 32:30 For the children of Israel, and the children of Juda, have continually done evil in my eyes from their youth: the children of Israel who even till now provoke me with the work of their hands, saith the Lord. Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts. Jump to Previous Burnt Burnt-Offering Burnt-Offerings Command Commanded Commands Egypt Fathers Forefathers Matters Offerings Orders Sacrifice Sacrifices SpeakJump to Next Burnt Burnt-Offering Burnt-Offerings Command Commanded Commands Egypt Fathers Forefathers Matters Offerings Orders Sacrifice Sacrifices SpeakLinks Jeremiah 7:22 NIVJeremiah 7:22 NLT Jeremiah 7:22 ESV Jeremiah 7:22 NASB Jeremiah 7:22 Bible Apps Jeremiah 7:22 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 7:22 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 7:22 French Bible Jeremiah 7:22 German Bible Alphabetical: about and brought burnt command commands concerning day did Egypt fathers For forefathers give I in just land not of offerings or out sacrifices speak spoke that the them to when your OT Prophets: Jeremiah 7:22 For I didn't speak to your fathers (Jer.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |