There were hooks ¹  three inches ²  long, fastened in the house all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

But the more I summoned ¹  them, the farther they departed from me. ²  They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.

(Jesus ¹  spoke these words near the offering box ²  while he was teaching in the temple courts. ³  No one seized him because his time ⁴  had not yet come.) ⁵ 

So it was necessary for the sketches ¹  of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, ²  but the heavenly things themselves required ³  better sacrifices than these.

“Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the Lord ¹  alone must be utterly destroyed. ² 

the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils, the large basin with its base,

Every grain offering of a priest must be a whole offering; it must not be eaten.”

and you make an offering by fire to the Lord from the herd or from the flock (whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a freewill offering or in your solemn feasts) to create a pleasing aroma to the Lord,

They named that place Bokim ¹  and offered sacrifices to the Lord there.

The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.

On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) ¹  Jeroboam ²  offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. ³  He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

With the authority of the Lord ¹  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” ² 

He defeated the Moabites; the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute. ¹ 

The king and all the people were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.

King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep ¹  for the assembly, while the officials supplied them ²  with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.

When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps,

Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, “Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord’s temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains.”

On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from ¹  the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah ²  took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering. ³ 

Offer the prescribed sacrifices ¹  and trust in the Lord! ² 

Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One! ¹