15:22 Then Samuel said,
“Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as he does in obedience? 1
Certainly, 2 obedience 3 is better than sacrifice;
paying attention is better than 4 the fat of rams.
6:6 For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice;
I delight 5 in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings. 6
6:6 With what should I 7 enter the Lord’s presence?
With what 8 should I bow before the sovereign God? 9
Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?
6:7 Will the Lord accept a thousand rams,
or ten thousand streams of olive oil?
Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion,
my offspring – my own flesh and blood – for my sin? 10
6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good,
and what the Lord really wants from you: 11
He wants you to 12 promote 13 justice, to be faithful, 14
and to live obediently before 15 your God.
10:8 When he says above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them” 16 (which are offered according to the law),