KJV King James Version
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
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Jeremiah 7:22
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
WEB World English Bible
For I didn’t speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
ASV American Standard Version
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 7
19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels [and] in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending [them]:
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כִּ֠יH3588 · kiforלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotדִבַּ֤רְתִּיH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֶת־H854 · etwithאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙H1 · avfatherוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotצִוִּיתִ֔יםH6680 · tsa.vahto commandבְּי֛וֹםH3117 · yomdayהוֹצִיאִ֥יH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאוֹתָ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]מֵאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptעַל־H5921 · aluponדִּבְרֵ֥יH1697 · da.varwordעוֹלָ֖הH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringוָזָֽבַח׃H2077 · ze.vachsacrifice
Cross-references
Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.Psalm 51:16-17For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.Psalm 40:6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.Psalm 50:8-17I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
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