22 (A)Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
    I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
    I will not look upon them.

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What Does the Lord Require?

(A)“With what shall I come before the Lord,
    and bow myself before (B)God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?
(C)Will the Lord be pleased with[a] thousands of rams,
    with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
(D)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:7 Or Will the Lord accept

(A)“Come to Bethel, and transgress;
    to (B)Gilgal, and multiply transgression;
(C)bring your (D)sacrifices every morning,
    your tithes every three days;
offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of (E)that which is leavened,
    and proclaim (F)freewill offerings, publish them;
    (G)for so you love to do, O people of Israel!”
declares the Lord God.

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(A)“He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man;
    he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck;
he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers (B)pig's blood;
    he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.
(C)These have chosen their own ways,
    and their soul delights in their abominations;

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12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice (A)unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour (B)well mixed with oil. 13 (C)With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread. 14 And from it he shall offer one loaf from each offering, as a (D)gift to the Lord. (E)It shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings (F)for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning.

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17 I will (A)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and (B)call on the name of the Lord.

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21 (A)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22 And let them (B)offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
    and (C)tell of his deeds in (D)songs of joy!

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23 The one who (A)offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
    to one who (B)orders his way rightly
    I will show the (C)salvation of God!”

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Not for your sacrifices (A)do I rebuke you;
    your burnt offerings are continually before me.
I will not accept a bull from your house
    or goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
    the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 (B)I know all the birds of the hills,
    and all that moves in the field is mine.

12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
    (C)for the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?
14 (D)Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[a]
    and (E)perform your vows to the Most High,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:14 Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

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