Isaiah 1:13

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Isaiah 1:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

12 When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you— this trampling of My courts?

13 Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

14 I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

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Ezekiel 20:39

And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.

Malachi 1:10

“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

Matthew 15:9

They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

Luke 11:42

Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

Isaiah 66:3

Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!

Leviticus 23:1

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:2

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

Leviticus 23:3

For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

Leviticus 23:4

These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

Leviticus 23:5

The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Leviticus 23:6

On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

Leviticus 23:7

On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.

Leviticus 23:8

For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”

Leviticus 23:9

And the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:10

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

Leviticus 23:11

And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

Leviticus 23:12

On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,

Leviticus 23:13

along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—an offering made by fire to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

Leviticus 23:14

You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.

Leviticus 23:15

From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.

Leviticus 23:16

You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.

Leviticus 23:17

Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.

Leviticus 23:18

Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 23:19

You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.

Leviticus 23:20

The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

Leviticus 23:21

On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.

Leviticus 23:22

When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”

Leviticus 23:23

The LORD also said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:24

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.

Leviticus 23:25

You must not do any regular work, but you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD.’”

Leviticus 23:26

Again the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:27

“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Leviticus 23:28

On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.

Leviticus 23:29

If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 23:30

I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.

Leviticus 23:31

You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.

Leviticus 23:32

It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”

Leviticus 23:33

And the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 23:34

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.

Leviticus 23:35

On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.

Leviticus 23:36

For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

Leviticus 23:37

These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

Leviticus 23:38

These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.

Leviticus 23:39

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.

Leviticus 23:40

On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

Leviticus 23:41

You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.

Leviticus 23:42

You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,

Leviticus 23:43

so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”

Leviticus 23:44

So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.

Numbers 28:1

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 28:2

“Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.

Numbers 28:3

And tell them that this is the offering made by fire you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs.

Numbers 28:4

Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,

Numbers 28:5

along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.

Numbers 28:6

This is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Numbers 28:7

The drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area.

Numbers 28:8

And offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Numbers 28:9

On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering.

Numbers 28:10

This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Numbers 28:11

At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

Numbers 28:12

along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with the ram,

Numbers 28:13

and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each lamb. This is a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Numbers 28:14

Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine with each bull, a third of a hin with the ram, and a quarter hin with each lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon throughout the year.

Numbers 28:15

In addition to the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.

Numbers 28:16

The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.

Numbers 28:17

On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.

Numbers 28:18

On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

Numbers 28:19

Present to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished.

Numbers 28:20

The grain offering shall consist of fine flour mixed with oil; offer three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,

Numbers 28:21

and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.

Numbers 28:22

Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

Numbers 28:23

You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.

Numbers 28:24

Offer the same food each day for seven days as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering.

Numbers 28:25

On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

Numbers 28:26

On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

Numbers 28:27

Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD,

Numbers 28:28

together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,

Numbers 28:29

and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.

Deuteronomy 16:1

Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Deuteronomy 16:2

You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.

Deuteronomy 16:3

You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 16:4

No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.

Deuteronomy 16:5

You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 16:6

You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.

Deuteronomy 16:7

And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.

Deuteronomy 16:8

For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.

Deuteronomy 16:9

You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

Deuteronomy 16:10

And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

Deuteronomy 16:11

and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

Deuteronomy 16:12

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

Deuteronomy 16:13

You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

Deuteronomy 16:14

And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

Deuteronomy 16:15

For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

Deuteronomy 16:16

Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

Deuteronomy 16:17

Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:20

Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 16:21

Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

Deuteronomy 16:22

and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.

Lamentations 2:6

He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.

Joel 1:14

Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

Joel 2:15

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.

1 Corinthians 11:17

In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.

Philippians 1:15

It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

Psalms 78:40

How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.