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1 Samuel 15:21-23
Common English Bible
1 Samuel 15:21-23
Common English Bible
21 Yes, the troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder—the very best items placed under the ban—but in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
22 Then Samuel replied,
“Does the Lord want entirely burned offerings and sacrifices
as much as obedience to the Lord?
Listen to this: obeying is better than sacrificing,
paying attention is better than fat from rams,
23 because rebellion is as bad as the sin of divination;
arrogance is like the evil of idolatry.[a]
Because you have rejected what the Lord said,
he has rejected you as king.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:23 Sym, LXXB; MT evil and idolatry
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