^7:22Consider this:⁵² When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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52 Heb “For” but this introduces a long explanation about the relative importance of sacrifice and obedience.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak with them or command them concerning burnt offering and sacrifice.

NLTNew Living Translation

When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not burnt offerings and sacrifices I wanted from them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For I did not speak with your ancestors, nor did I command them in the day of bringing them out from the land of Egypt, concerning the matter of burnt offering and sacrifice.

KJV 1900King James Version

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

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