He asked the Gibeonites, ‘What should I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you will bring a blessing on the Lord’s inheritance? ’
Micah 6:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised What should I bring before the Lord when I come to bow before God on high? Should I come before him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? American Standard Version (1901) Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old? Common English Bible With what should I approach the LORD and bow down before God on high? Should I come before him with entirely burned offerings, with year-old calves? Catholic Public Domain Version What worthy thing might I offer to the Lord, as I bend the knee before God on high? How could I offer holocausts to him, and one year-old calves? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What shall I offer to the Lord that is worthy? wherewith shall I kneel before the high God? shall I offer holocausts unto him, and calves of a year old? |
He asked the Gibeonites, ‘What should I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you will bring a blessing on the Lord’s inheritance? ’
You must have an unblemished animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats.
Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, because you came out of Egypt in that month. No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Lebanon’s cedars are not enough for fuel, or its animals enough for a burnt offering.
What use to me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.
‘When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed times, , whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship is to go out by way of the south gate, and whoever enters by way of the south gate is to go out by way of the north gate. No one may return through the gate by which he entered, but is to go out by the opposite gate.
Nebuchadnezzar then approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire and called, ‘Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God #– #come out! ’ So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire.
‘Belteshazzar, head of the magicians, because I know that you have the spirit of the holy gods and that no mystery puzzles you, explain to me the visions of my dream that I saw, and its interpretation.
Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.
He was driven away from people, his mind was like an animal’s, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over human kingdoms and sets anyone he wants over them.
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord but do not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
Even if you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will have no regard for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.
one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Just then someone came up and asked him, ‘Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life? ’
And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.’
And he cried out with a loud voice, ‘What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you before God, don’t torment me! ’
Then an expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, ‘Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? ’
Jesus answered, ‘Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
As she followed Paul and us she cried out, ‘These men, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation, are the servants of the Most High God.’
When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Brothers, what should we do? ’
Every priest stands day after day ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.
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.