The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger said to Manoah, &#8220;If I stay,<n id="1" /> I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the <sc>Lordsc>, you should offer it.&#8221; (He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger.)<n id="2" />

But his wife said to him, &#8220;If the <sc>Lordsc> wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us.<n id="1" /> He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So all the Israelites, the whole army,<n id="1" /> went up to<n id="2" /> Bethel.<n id="3" /> They wept and sat there before the <sc>Lordsc>; they did not eat anything<n id="4" /> that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace<n id="5" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>.

The cart was coming to the field of Joshua, who was from Beth Shemesh. It paused there near a big stone. Then they cut up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the <sc>Lordsc>.

The Levites took down the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> and the chest that was with it, which contained the gold objects. They placed them near the big stone. At that time the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="bodytext">As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel.<n id="1" /> But on that day the <sc>Lordsc> thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by<n id="2" /> Israel.

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>

They brought the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> and put it in its place<n id="1" /> in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the <sc>Lordsc>.

But the king said to Araunah, &#8220;No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the <sc>Lordsc> my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.<n id="1" />

Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream.<n id="1" /> He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord&#8217;s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings,<n id="2" /> and held a feast for all his servants.p>

<p class="bodytext">Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings<n id="1" /> on the altar he had built for the <sc>Lordsc>, burning incense along with them before the <sc>Lordsc>. He made the temple his official worship place.<n id="2" />p>

He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood.

So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel,<n id="1" /> so they broke off the attack<n id="2" /> and returned to their homeland.p>

Naaman said, &#8220;If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry,<n id="1" /> for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />

They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them, &#8220;If any of the men inside get away, you will pay with your lives!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard<n id="1" /> and officers, &#8220;Come in and strike them down! Don&#8217;t let any escape!&#8221; So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there.<n id="2" /> Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal.<n id="3" />

But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary.<n id="1" /> They made atonement for Israel, just as God&#8217;s servant Moses had ordered.<n id="2" />p>

Ornan told David, &#8220;You can have it!<n id="1" /> My master, the king, may do what he wants.<n id="2" /> Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.&#8221;

King David replied to Ornan, &#8220;No, I insist on buying it for top price.<n id="1" /> I will not offer to the <sc>Lordsc> what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice<n id="2" /> that cost me nothing.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The next day they made sacrifices and offered burnt sacrifices to the <sc>Lordsc> (1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, 1,000 lambs), along with their accompanying drink offerings and many other sacrifices for all Israel.