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, so that he may die.

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

And you 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 is 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 you shall 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 You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering You have not asked.

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; yea, your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

The sacrifice of the wicked is a hateful thing to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful to God; how much more when he brings it with a wicked mind?

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? says Jehovah; I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command 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 delight in your solemn assemblies.

Therefore when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared a body for Me.

General references

one young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a burnt offering;

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

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; yea, your burnt offerings are continually before Me.