not rebel (Deut. 10:12; 1 Sam. 12:14); and return to God, maintain loyalty and justice, and trust in him (Hos. 12:6). These past examples and Micah’s present admonition do not really answer the question concerning what sacrifices one is to bring to the temple. As Mays comments, “The question is focused on ‘with what’ [in Micah 6:6–7], on external objects at the disposal of the questioner. The answer [in 6:8] is focused on the questioner himself, on the quality of his life.”14 God is more interested
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