Psalms 50:13
Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
In Context
12If I had need of food, I would not give you word of it; for the earth is mine and all its wealth.
14Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;
Cross References
Leviticus 7:12If any man gives his offering as a praise-offering, then let him give with the offering, unleavened cakes mixed with oil and thin unleavened cakes covered with oil and cakes of the best meal well mixed with oil.
Deuteronomy 33:19They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.
Psalms 69:32\69:31\This will be more pleasing to the Lord than an ox, or a young ox of full growth.
Romans 12:1For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:8-16
The Inefficacy of Legal Sacrifices. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not… Read the whole commentary →