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Offer to God thanksgiving — The word translated “offer” in this place — זבח zâbach — properly means “sacrifice.” …

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

Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High:
The offering of the heart is better than the gift from the purse.

These verses shed light on the preceding context. If it had been stated in unqualified terms that sacrifices were of no value, we might have been p…

Offer to God thanksgiving
Which is a sacrifice, (Psalms 50:23) (Psalms 116:17) ([Reference H…

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