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Jeremiah 7:22

Egypt
Obedience

20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

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!

For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,

23 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

24 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
KJV
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
WEB
For I didn’t speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices;
ASV
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:
DARBY
For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt;
BLB
For I did not speak to your⁺ fathers, and I did not command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning the matters of burnt offering and sacrifice.
ÅB
For jeg har ikke talt med deres fedre og ikke gitt dem befaling på den dag jeg førte dem ut av Egypt, om brennoffer og slaktoffer;
OTB
For da Jeg førte deres forfedre ut av Egypt, ga Jeg dem ikke bare befalinger om brennoffer og slaktoffer,
B1930
For jeg har ikke talt med eders fedre og ikke gitt dem befaling på den dag jeg førte dem ut av Egyptens land, om brennoffer og slaktoffer;

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Cross references

  • Hosea 6:6

    For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:22

    But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

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  • Psalms 51:16–17

    For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

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  • Matthew 9:13

    But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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  • Psalms 40:6

    Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

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  • Psalms 50:8–17

    I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

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  • Mark 12:33

    and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

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