Thematic Bible
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the Burnt offering » The most costly, no adequate tribute to God
And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.
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Earth » Earth belonging to the lord
Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
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And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:
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And Moses went up to God, and the voice of the Lord came to him from the mountain, saying, Say to the family of Jacob, and give word to the children of Israel: You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself. If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:
The Lord your God is ruler of heaven, of the heaven of heavens, and of the earth with everything in it.
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Yours, O Lord, is the strength and the power and the glory, and the authority and the honour: for everything in heaven and on earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are lifted up as head over all.
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The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.
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For God is the King of all the earth; make songs of praise with knowledge. God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule. The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.
O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you. You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm. Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters. read more.
Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
For the earth is the Lord's and all things in it. If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong. But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:
Goat » The male, best for sacrifice
So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats.
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Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.
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And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.
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These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food. For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts: But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.
And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.
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And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
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Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
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To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.
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He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;
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He gives the offerings of his lovers, and takes the flesh for food; but the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep in mind their evil-doing and give them the punishment of their sins; they will go back to Egypt.
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When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease.
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You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings. The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.
To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.
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The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
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What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats. At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet? Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings. read more.
Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.
Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.
Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings. Even if you give me your burned offerings and your meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: I will have nothing to do with the peace-offerings of your fat beasts. Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments. read more.
But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.
Oxen » Includes the » Bullock
And those who were her fighters for payment are like fat oxen; for they are turned back, they have gone in flight together, they do not keep their place: for the day of their fate has come on them, the time of their punishment.
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