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, you desire truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part you shall make me to know wisdom.

But if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

And if any soul sins through ignorance, then he shall bring a female goat of the first year for a sin offering.

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

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

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

Delightest

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required.

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

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

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? says the LORD: I am full 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 male goats.

For I spoke 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 feast days, and I will not take delight in your solemn assemblies.

Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering you desired not, but a body have you prepared me:

General references

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

And on the second day you shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.