¹⁴ There they are to present their offerings to the Lord: a year-old male lamb without defect^(A) for a burnt offering, a year-old ewe lamb without defect for a sin offering,^(B) a ram^(C) without defect for a fellowship offering,^(D)

³² “‘If someone brings a lamb^(A) as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect.^(B)

⁶ “‘If you offer an animal from the flock as a fellowship offering^(A) to the Lord, you are to offer a male or female without defect.

¹⁹ but with the precious blood^(A) of Christ, a lamb^(B) without blemish or defect.^(C)

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. ¹⁴ “Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal^(E) to the Lord. For I am a great king,^(F)” says the Lord Almighty,^(G) “and my name is to be feared^(H) among the nations.^(I)

²⁸ So all Israel^(A) brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouts,^(B) with the sounding of rams’ horns^(C) and trumpets, and of cymbals, and the playing of lyres and harps.

²⁹ As the ark of the covenant of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David dancing and celebrating, she despised him in her heart.

²⁶ Because God had helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, seven bulls and seven rams^(A) were sacrificed.

²⁷ “‘But if just one person sins unintentionally,^(A) that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.^(B)

¹⁰ “On the eighth day^(A) they must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb^(B) a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah^[a](C) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering,^(D) and one log^[b] of oil.^(E)