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NASB | 1 Samuel 15:22 Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 15:22 Samuel said, "Has the LORD as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obedience to the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed [is better] than the fat of rams. |
Bible Question:
NIV Psalm 40 5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare. 6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. 7 Then I said, "Here I am, I have come- it is written about me in the scroll. Psalm 51 15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise Here are 2 verses that say the Lord does not desire, delight, take pleasure or even require burnt offerings. I think there are some other similar references that I cannot find at the moment. After reading the old testament system of tabernacle sacrafice setup by God , what are we to make of these verses ? |
Bible Answer: Timothy Hart, The whole daily and constant sacrificial sytem of the Old Testament which was established after the Golden calf incident. Before that sacrifice was more sporadic and less codified. God was trying to teach the unfaithful Israelites something by requiring them to sacrifice daily, animals (cattle and sheep)that were worshiped as gods in Egypt. That is why Moses told Pharoah he had to got into the desert for three days to sacrifice, because it would be considered an abomination to the Egyptians (Ex 8:21) but Pharoah refused. Then even after God led the Israeltirtes to freedom through the miracle at the Red Sea, the Israelites still worshiped the Egyptian gods. One scripture scholar likened God's requirement of daily sacifice of the gods of Egypt to Him to a wife requiring her alcholic husband who says he will never drink (worship) alcohol again, to begin every day by pouring a fifth of whiskey down the kitchen sink as a sacifice showing his allegiance to her and his rejection of alcohol. Ultimately sacrifice is a harsh reminder that sin separates us from God. God is Life ( "I am the Way, the Truth, the Life," and sin which separates us from Him leads to death. The good news is that Jesus overcame death. "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies will live!" John 11:26 Emmaus |
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