12 so I said to myself,*+ ‘Now the Phi·lisʹtines will come down against me at Gilʹgal, and the face of Jehovah I have not softened.’ So I compelled myself+ and went offering up the burnt sacrifice.”

22 In turn Samuel said: “Does Jehovah have as much delight in burnt offerings+ and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Look! To obey+ is better than a sacrifice,+ to pay attention than the fat+ of rams;

27 The sacrifice of the wicked ones is something detestable.+ How much more so when one brings it along with loose conduct.+

13 Stop bringing in any more valueless grain offerings.+ Incense—it is something detestable to me.+ New moon+ and sabbath,+ the calling of a convention*+—I cannot put up with the [use of] uncanny power*+ along with the solemn assembly.

6 For in loving-kindness I have taken delight,+ and not in sacrifice;+ and in the knowledge of God* rather than in whole burnt offerings.+