Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

Bible References

The people

1 Samuel 15:15
Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites and spared the best sheep and cattle in order to offer a sacrifice to the Lord your God, but the rest we destroyed.”
Genesis 3:13
So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”

And the woman said, “It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate.”
Exodus 32:22
“Don’t be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

General references

Genesis 3:12
Then the man replied, “The woman You gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”
Psalm 149:7
inflicting vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,
Matthew 26:9
“This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.”

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