22 Then Samuel said:

Does the Lord(A) take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?

Look: to obey is better than sacrifice,
to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.(B)

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16 You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;
You are not pleased with a burnt offering.(A)

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For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God(A) rather than burnt offerings.(B)

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22 Even if you offer Me
your burnt offerings and grain offerings,(A)
I will not accept them;(B)
I will have no regard
for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.(C)

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What should I bring before the Lord(A)
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,(B)
with year-old calves?
Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams(C)
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,(D)
the child of my body for my own sin?

Mankind, He has told you what is good(E)
and what it is the Lord requires of you:(F)
to act justly,(G)
to love faithfulness,(H)
and to walk humbly with your God.(I)

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