Study it in the app“For I did not speak to your fathers or command them on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning matters of burnt offering and sacrifice.”
God's first request was, “Listen to my voice,” and they did notObedience
ForכִּיI did notלֹאspeakדִבַּרְתִּיto your fathersאֶת אֲבוֹתֵיכֶםorוְלֹאcommand themצִוִּיתִיםon the dayבְּיוֹםI brought them outהוֹצִיאִי אוֹתָםof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרָיִםconcerning mattersעַל דִּבְרֵיof burnt offeringעוֹלָהand sacrifice.וָזָבַח
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsii” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “divre” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appearssacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zavach” appearsThe same prophet who says 7:22 recalls the laws of the sacrifices in 17:26 and 33:18; what YHWH asks first is what 7:23 says. Compare 1 Samuel 15:22; Hosea 6:6.
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
21Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
22 · This verse (above)
23But this word I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to my voice, and I will be your Elohim, and you will be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, so that it may go well with you.’
