Psalm 40:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

Sacrifice

Mine ears

Exodus 21:6

Job 33:16

Isaiah 50:4

General references

Isaiah 50:5

Bible References

Sacrifice

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.

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.

“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.

“But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine’s blood;
He who

burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol.

As they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.

For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

But go and learn

what this means: ‘I desire

compassion

, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire

compassion, and not a sacrifice

,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says,
“Sacrifice and offering You have not desired,
But

a body You have prepared for Me;

Mine ears

then his master shall bring him to God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.

Then He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction,

The Lord God has given Me the tongue of disciples,
That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

General references

Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

‘Then on the second day: twelve bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect;

It shall come about if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you;

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

The Lord God has opened My ear;
And I was not disobedient
Nor did I turn back.