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

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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 offspring of my body for my own sin?

Mankind, he has told each of 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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If you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice,[a](A) you would not have condemned the innocent.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:7 Hs 6:6

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