Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: {let...: or, let us hold fast}

The sacrifice of the wicked {is} an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright {is} his delight.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? {to appear: Heb. to be seen}

And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest {is} holy. And Joshua did so.

The sacrifice of the wicked {is} abomination: how much more, {when} he bringeth it with a wicked mind? {with...: Heb. in wickedness?}

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, {to have been} continually before me.

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest {is} holy ground.

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all {them that are} about him.

He that killeth an ox {is as if} he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, {as if} he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, {as if he offered} swine's blood; he that burneth incense, {as if} he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. {lamb: or, kid} {burneth: Heb. maketh a memorial of}

What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise {you} not. {have not: or, are poor?}

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Who {is there} even among you that would shut the doors {for nought}? neither do ye kindle {fire} on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew {it} not.

Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

Then Moses said unto Aaron, This {is it} that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. {in process...: Heb. at the end of days}

Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. {made...: Heb. intreated the face}

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to {his} destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

And 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.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest {is} holy ground.

And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful {is} this place! this {is} none other but the house of God, and this {is} the gate of heaven.

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

The sacrifice of the wicked {is} an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright {is} his delight.

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I {am} the LORD.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it {was} an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? {to appear: Heb. to be seen}

Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take {some} of the blood of the trespass offering, and put {it} upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. {charge: Heb. contest}

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that {were} with him, Put away the strange gods that {are} among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,