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18 (A) Then make sure that the whole animal goes up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

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18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma,(A) a food offering presented to the Lord.

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(A) Sacrifices and offerings
    are not what please you;
gifts and payment for sin
    are not what you demand.
But you made me willing
    to listen and obey.

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Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—(A)
    but my ears you have opened[a](B)
    burnt offerings(C) and sin offerings[b] you did not require.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
  2. Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings