Psalm 51:16

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Summary

Psalm 51:16

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

Desirest

Delightest

General references

Numbers 7:27

Numbers 29:17

Psalm 50:8

Bible References

Desirest

Behold, thou desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou will make me to know wisdom.

And if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to kill him with guile, thou shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

And if one soul sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering.

Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.

If a man be found laying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman. So shall thou put away the evil from Israel.

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

Delightest

Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, {but a body thou have prepared for me (LXX/NT)}. Whole burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou did not require.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, and thy burnt-offerings [being] continually before me.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination. How much more when he brings it with a wicked mind!

What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says LORD. I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts. And I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he-goats.

For I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices.

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, but thou prepared for me a body.

General references

one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;

And on the second day, twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish,

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, and thy burnt-offerings [being] continually before me.