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

Lo! faithfulness, hast thou desired in the inward parts, Yea, in the hidden part, wilt thou cause me to know, wisdom.

But, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die.

And if, any one person, shall sin by mistake, then shall he bring near a she-goat of the first year as a sin-bearer;

And ye shall accept no ransom for the life of him that slayeth, if he have unlawfully caused death, - but he, must surely be put to death.

When a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then shall, both, of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of Israel.

For, lovingkindness, I desired, and not sacrifice, - and the knowledge of God, more than ascending-offerings.

Delightest

Sacrifice and meal-offering, thou didst not delight in, Ears, didst thou pierce for me, - Ascending-sacrifice and sin-bearer, thou didst not ask:

Not, for thy sacrifices, will I reprove thee, Nor for thine ascending-offerings, before me continually:

The sacrifice of lawless men, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, the prayer of the upright, is his delight.

The sacrifice of the lawless, is an abomination, how much more, when, with wickedness, he bringeth it in!

Of what use to me, is your multitude of sacrifices: Saith Yahweh: I am sated with ascending-offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts, - In the blood of bulls and young rams and he-goats, have I no pleasure.

For I bade not your fathers Neither commanded I them, In the day I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, - Concerning the matter of ascending-offering and peace-offering;

I hate, I despise your festivals, - and can scent no fragrance in your solemn feasts.

Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith: Sacrifice and offering, thou willedst not, but, a body, hast thou fitted for me, -

General references

one choice young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;

And on the second day, twelve choice bullocks two rams, - fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect;

Not, for thy sacrifices, will I reprove thee, Nor for thine ascending-offerings, before me continually: