<p class="poetry">They worshiped<n id="1" /> Baal of Peor,p> <p class="poetry">and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let them present thank offerings,p> <p class="poetry">and loudly proclaim what he has done!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I have<n id="1" /> fresh meat at home;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">today I have fulfilled my vows!p>

<p class="poetry">Offer the prescribed sacrifices<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and trust in the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You must not offer<n id="1" /> the blood of my sacrifice with bread containing yeast; the fat of my festal sacrifice must not remain until morning.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with yeast; the sacrifice from the feast of Passover must not remain until the following morning.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">O God, a humble and repentant heart<n id="2" /> you will not reject.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then you will accept<n id="1" /> the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings;p> <p class="poetry">then bulls will be sacrificed<n id="2" /> on your altar.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Better is a dry crust of bread<n id="1" /> where there is quietness<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than a house full of feasting with strife.<n id="3" />p>

This shall be the priests&#8217; fair allotment<n id="1" /> from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep &#8211; they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

<p class="poetry">They will summon peoples to the mountain,p> <p class="poetry">there they will sacrifice proper<n id="1" /> sacrifices;p> <p class="poetry">for they will enjoy<n id="2" /> the abundance of the seas,p> <p class="poetry">and the hidden treasures of the shores.<n id="3" />p>

He erected the altar of the <sc>Lordsc> and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of<n id="1" /> Judah to serve the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.

<p class="poetry">Now I will triumphp> <p class="poetry">over my enemies who surround me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will sing praises to the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">They offer up sacrificial gifts to me,p> <p class="poetry">and eat the meat,p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc> does not accept their sacrifices.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Soon he will remember their wrongdoing,p> <p class="poetry">he will punish their sins,p> <p class="poetry">and they will return to Egypt.p>

This is so that<n id="1" /> the Israelites will bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> at the entrance of the Meeting Tent to the priest and sacrifice them there as peace offering sacrifices to the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Also in the time when you rejoice, such as<n id="1" /> on your appointed festivals or<n id="2" /> at the beginnings of your months, you must blow with your trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, so that they may<n id="3" /> become<n id="4" /> a memorial for you before your God: I am the <sc>Lordsc> your God.&#8221;p>

If we have built<n id="1" /> an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the <sc>Lordsc> by making<n id="2" /> burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering<n id="3" /> tokens of peace<n id="4" /> on it, the <sc>Lordsc> himself will punish us.<n id="5" />

You will go down to Gilgal before me. I am going to join you there to offer burnt offerings and to make peace offerings. You should wait for seven days, until I arrive and tell you what to do.&#8221;p>

Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites,<n id="1" /> who demonstrated great skill in serving the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" /> They feasted for the seven days of the festival,<n id="3" /> and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors.p>

<p class="poetry">Even now they persist in sin!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They make metal images for themselves,p> <p class="poetry">idols that they skillfully fashion<n id="2" /> from their own silver;p> <p class="poetry">all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen!p> <p class="poetry">There is a saying about them:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Those who sacrifice<n id="4" /> to the calf idol are calf kissers!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>