Other people try to hide their sins.\par But I have not hidden my guilt.\par
1 Samuel 15:15 - Easy To Read Version Saul said, “The soldiers took them from the Amalekites. The soldiers saved the best sheep and cattle to burn as sacrifices [136] to the Lord your God. But we destroyed everything else.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed. American Standard Version (1901) And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. Common English Bible “They were taken from the Amalekites,” Saul said, “because the troops spared the best sheep and cattle in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. The rest was placed under the ban.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Saul said: "They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Yet truly, the remainder we have slain." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Saul said: They have brought them from Amalec. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds that they might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God; but the rest we have slain. |
Other people try to hide their sins.\par But I have not hidden my guilt.\par
A person that hides his sins will not be successful. But a person that confesses his sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.
Then Herod sent the wise men to Bethlehem. Herod said to the wise men, “Go and look carefully to find the new baby. When you find the baby, come tell me. Then I can go worship him too.”
But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “But who are these other people I must love?”
Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”
And the soldiers took the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice [137] to the Lord your God at Gilgal!”
Saul and the Israelite soldiers felt bad about destroying everything. So they let Agag live. They also kept the fat cows, the best sheep, and the lambs. They kept everything that was worth keeping. They didn’t want to destroy those things. They destroyed only the things that were not worth keeping.