TSK · Ecclesiastes 5:1

As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.

He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

The prince of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take your shoes off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua did so.

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal."

"Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God."

What, don't you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,