Amos 5:22
Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; Neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
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- Isa 66:3 : 3 He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
- Mic 6:6-7 : 6 How shall I come before Yahweh, And bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old? 7 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
- Amos 4:4-5 : 4 "Go to Bethel, and sin; To Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days, 5 Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, And proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: For this pleases you, you children of Israel," says the Lord Yahweh.
- Lev 7:12-15 : 12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil. 13 With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving. 14 Of it he shall offer one out of each offering for a heave offering to Yahweh. It shall be the priest's who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings. 15 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning.
- Ps 50:8-9 : 8 I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me. 9 I have no need for a bull from your stall, Nor male goats from your pens. 10 For every animal of the forest is mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, For the world is mine, and all that is in it. 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
- Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, And prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."
- Ps 107:21-22 : 21 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
- Ps 116:17 : 17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on the name of Yahweh.
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15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, With the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.
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20 But whatever has a blemish, that you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
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