Verse 12

When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this– animals trampling on my courtyards?

Referenced Verses

• Exod 23:17 : 17 At three times in the year all your males will appear before the Sovereign LORD.
• Exod 34:23 : 23 At three times in the year all your men must appear before the Sovereign LORD, the God of Israel.
• Deut 16:16 : 16 Three times a year all your males must appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses for the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Shelters; and they must not appear before him empty-handed.
• Ps 40:6 : 6 Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.
• Eccl 5:1 : 1 Rash Vows(4:17) Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.
• Isa 58:1-2 : 1 The Lord Desires Genuine Devotion“Shout loudly! Don’t be quiet! Yell as loud as a trumpet! Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; confront Jacob’s family with their sin! 2 They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the LORD really wants from you: He wants you to carry out justice, to love faithfulness, and to live obediently before your God.
• Matt 23:5 : 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.