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21 The troops took from the plunder, sheep and cattle, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God at Gilgal.”

22 Then Samuel said,

“Is there as much delight for Yahweh in burnt offerings and sacrifices
    as there is in obeying[a] Yahweh?
Look! To obey[b] is better than sacrifice;
    to give heed than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination;
    arrogance is like iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh,
    he has rejected you from being king!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:22 Literally “listening to the voice of”
  2. 1 Samuel 15:22 Literally “Listening”