Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
What purpose
General references
Bible References
What purpose
Isaiah 66:3 One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.
1 Samuel 15:22
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.
as much as in obeying the Lord?
to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.
Psalm 50:8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.
Psalm 51:16 You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;
You are not pleased with a burnt offering.
You are not pleased with a burnt offering.
Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!
Jeremiah 6:20 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.
or sweet cane
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;
your sacrifices do not please Me.
Jeremiah 7:21
This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices, and eat the meat yourselves,
Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.
Micah 6:7 Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the child of my body for my own sin?
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the child of my body for my own sin?
Matthew 9:13 Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
General references
Numbers 7:27
one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Numbers 29:17
“On the second day present 12 young bulls, two rams, and 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished—
Isaiah 57:12 I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.
and your works—they will not profit you.