God, Offerings, Old Testament, Quotations And Allusions, ~heidi

Psalms 40:6

⁶ Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

⁸ I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

¹² If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

⁷ Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

¹² Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

⁶ For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.