Micah 6:7
Will Hashem be pleased with thousands of eilim (rams), 1 or with ten thousand rivers of shemen (olive oil)? 1 Shall I give my bechor (firstborn) for my peysha, 1 the p'ri (fruit) of my beten for the chattat (sin) of my nefesh? 1
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Leviticus 18:21And thou shalt not let any of thy zera pass through [the eish] + 18:21 i.e., be sacrificed and burned or cremated to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the Shem Eloheicha; I am Hashem.
Judges 11:39And it came to pass at the end of two chodashim, that she returned unto her av, who did with her according to his neder which he had vowed; and she knew no man. And it was a chok in Yisroel,
2 Kings 3:27Then he took bno habechor that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for an olah upon the chomah. And there was ketzef gadol (great fury) against Yisroel; and they withdrew, and returned to their own land.
2 Kings 21:6And he made bno pass through the eish, and practiced sorcery, and witchcraft, and dealt with familiar spirits + 21:6 i.e., he consulted mediums and spiritists; he wrought much rah in the eyes of Hashem, to provoke Him to anger.
Job 29:6When I washed my steps with khemah, 1 and the tzur poured me out streams of shemen; 1
Psalms 50:9I will accept no par (bull) from thy bais, 1 nor he-goats out of thy folds. 1
Matthew Henry on Micah 6:7-9
Anxiety Respecting the Divine Favour. ( b. c. 710.) 6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord , and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to… Read the whole commentary →