Psalm 40:6
“Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 40Meaning
Sacrifice and offering are not the final goal; God seeks receptive obedience. The Hebrew wording about the ears and the later Greek/Christian reception should be distinguished rather than flattened.
Read carefully
Sacrifice and offering are not the final goal; God seeks receptive obedience. The Hebrew wording about the ears and the later Greek/Christian reception should be distinguished rather than flattened.
Reflection
Sacrifice and offering are not the final goal; God seeks receptive obedience. The Hebrew wording about the ears and the later Greek/Christian reception should be distinguished rather than flattened.