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 said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the Lord your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed.”
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Exodus 32:22
Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil.

General references

Genesis 3:12
The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”
Psalm 149:7
To execute vengeance on the nations
And punishment on the peoples,
Matthew 26:9
For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.”

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