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 desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

And if one person sin 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, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

If a man be found lying 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 shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.

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

Delightest

Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!

What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

For I spake not unto 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.

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;

General references

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

And on the second day ye shall offer 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 are continually before me.