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Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? - This is said to show still further the absurdity of the views which s…

Notice the fine tone of irony that pervades this rebuke, the best weapon against ritualistic errors.

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. I will take no bullock out of your hous…

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats ?
] That is, expre a pleasure, take delight and satisfact…

To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbor better than all burnt offerings. We are warned here not to rest in these outward…

1. Previously, the psalmist invited the nations to trust in God; here, he instructs them in the worship of God. The title is a psalm for…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes