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Genesis 4:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

And Abel also presented an offering #– #some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions.  The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,

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By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.


Honour the Lord with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest;


you are to present to the Lord every firstborn male of the womb. All firstborn offspring of the livestock you own that are males will be the Lord’s.


‘However, you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.


According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.


When Solomon finished praying,  fire descended from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices,  and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.


He built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and he answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.


Then the Lord’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.


Fire came from the Lord and consumed  the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted  and fell face down.


When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking brazier and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals.


All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book  of life  of the Lamb who was slaughtered.  ,


The angel of the Lord extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. Fire came up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.


I am giving you all the best of the fresh oil, new wine, and grain,  which the Israelites give to the Lord as their firstfruits.


Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.


Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord.  The God who answers with fire, he is God.’ All the people answered, ‘That’s fine.’


In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord.


Then Moses became angry and said to the Lord, ‘Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.’


Then Samuel said: Does the Lord   take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the  Lord? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.


I saw that all labour and all skilful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.  ,





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