19 And Aaron said to Moses, “Look, (A)this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and such things have befallen me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, (B)would it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord?”

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19 Aaron replied to Moses, “Today they sacrificed their sin offering and their burnt offering(A) before the Lord, but such things as this have happened to me. Would the Lord have been pleased if I had eaten the sin offering today?”

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12 And he killed the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, (A)which he sprinkled all around on the altar.

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12 Then he slaughtered the burnt offering.(A) His sons handed him the blood,(B) and he splashed it against the sides of the altar.

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Aaron therefore went to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

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So Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering(A) for himself.

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13 And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the altar of the Lord with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering anymore,
Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands.

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13 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears.(A) You weep and wail(B) because he no longer looks with favor(C) on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.(D)

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13 You also say,
‘Oh, what a (A)weariness!’
And you sneer at it,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick;
Thus you bring an offering!
(B)Should I accept this from your hand?”
Says the Lord.

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13 And you say, ‘What a burden!’(A) and you sniff at it contemptuously,(B)” says the Lord Almighty.

“When you bring injured, lame or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices,(C) should I accept them from your hands?”(D) says the Lord.

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10 “Who is there even among you who would shut the doors,
(A)So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?
I have no pleasure in you,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
(B)“Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.

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10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors,(A) so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased(B) with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept(C) no offering(D) from your hands.

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They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord,
Nor (A)shall their (B)sacrifices be pleasing to Him.
It shall be like bread of mourners to them;
All who eat it shall be defiled.
For their bread shall be for their own life;
It shall not come into the house of the Lord.

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They will not pour out wine offerings(A) to the Lord,
    nor will their sacrifices please(B) him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;(C)
    all who eat them will be unclean.(D)
This food will be for themselves;
    it will not come into the temple of the Lord.(E)

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12 (A)When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and (B)when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But (C)I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”

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12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry;(A) though they offer burnt offerings(B) and grain offerings,(C) I will not accept(D) them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword,(E) famine(F) and plague.”(G)

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20 (A)For what purpose to Me
Comes frankincense (B)from Sheba,
And (C)sweet cane from a far country?
(D)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”

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20 What do I care about incense from Sheba(A)
    or sweet calamus(B) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;(C)
    your sacrifices(D) do not please me.”(E)

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15 (A)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(B)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:15 Pray
  2. Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed

15 When you spread out your hands(A) in prayer,
    I hide(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(C)

Your hands(D) are full of blood!(E)

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the Holy Spirit indicating this, that (A)the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.

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The Holy Spirit was showing(A) by this that the way(B) into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning.

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27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His (A)own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

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27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices(A) day after day, first for his own sins,(B) and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all(C) when he offered himself.(D)

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(A)Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

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Final Exhortations

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!(A)

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