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class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />In burnt offerings and <i>offerings</i> for sin You have not delighted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hebrews/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In burnt offerings and <i>sacrifices</i> for sin thou hast had no pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hebrews/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In burnt offerings and <i>sacrifices</i> for sin You had no pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hebrews/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN PLEASURE IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND <i>OFFERINGS</i> FOR SIN.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hebrews/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hebrews/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND <i>sacrifices</i> FOR SIN THOU HAST TAKEN NO PLEASURE.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hebrews/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />IN BURNT OFFERINGS AND <i>sacrifices</i> FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hebrews/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />IN BURNT OFFERINGS AND <i>sacrifices</i> FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO DELIGHT.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hebrews/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You did not delight in whole burnt offerings and sin offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hebrews/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You did not delight in whole burnt offerings and sin offerings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hebrews/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hadst no pleasure:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hebrews/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />No, you are not pleased with animal sacrifices and offerings for sin." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hebrews/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hadst no pleasure:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hebrews/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You did not approve of burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hebrews/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You are not pleased with animals burned whole on the altar or with sacrifices to take away sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hebrews/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />In burnt offerings and sin offerings you never took delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hebrews/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hebrews/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no pleasure in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hebrews/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />In whole burnt-offerings and in sin-offerings Thou hast taken no pleasure.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hebrews/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hebrews/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hebrews/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, You did not delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />In burnt offerings and <i>offerings</i> for sin You have not delighted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hebrews/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, Thou didst not delight,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hebrews/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And with whole burnt offering for sin wast thou not contented.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hebrews/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Holocausts for sin did not please thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hebrews/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Holocausts for sin were not pleasing to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hebrews/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />holocausts and sin offerings you took no delight in. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Burnt offering and sin offering thou has not required.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“And burnt peace-offerings for sins you have not demanded.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/hebrews/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />in whole burnt-offerings and offerings for sin, thou hast had no pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/hebrews/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />whole burnt offerings and offerings for sins thou wast not pleased with:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/hebrews/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />thou hast had no delight in whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/hebrews/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />In whole burnt-offerings and in sin-offerings Thou hast taken no pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/hebrews/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />in whole burnt-offerings and <i>sacrifices</i> for sin Thou hadst no pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/hebrews/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />in whole burnt-offerings and <i>sacrifices</i> for sin thou hadst no pleasure:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hebrews/10-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=1763" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/10.htm">Christ's Perfect Sacrifice</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3646.htm" title="3646: Holokautōmata (N-ANP) -- A whole burnt offering. From a derivative of a compound of holos and a derivative of kaio; a wholly-consumed sacrifice.">In burnt offerings</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4012.htm" title="4012: peri (Prep) -- From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time."></a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartias (N-GFS) -- From hamartano; a sin.">sin offerings</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: Ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/2106.htm" title="2106: eudokēsas (V-AIA-2S) -- To be well-pleased, think it good, be resolved. From eu and dokeo; to think well of, i.e. Approve; specially, to approbate.">You took no delight.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">7</span>Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6-8</a></span><br />Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. / Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: / I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a></span><br />But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11</a></span><br />“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a></span><br />For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Jeremiah 7:22-23</a></span><br />For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a></span><br />But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Matthew 12:7</a></span><br />If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Mark 12:33</a></span><br />and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Hebrews 9:9-10</a></span><br />It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. / They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a></span><br />For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8-9</a></span><br />In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law). / Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you have had no pleasure.</p><p class="hdg">burnt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/10-4.htm">Hebrews 10:4</a></b></br> For <i>it is</i> not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/1-1.htm">Leviticus 1:1-6:7</a></b></br> And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, … </p><p class="hdg">thou.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/147-11.htm">Psalm 147:11</a></b></br> The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10</a></b></br> Who <i>is there</i> even among you that would shut the doors <i>for nought</i>? neither do ye kindle <i>fire</i> on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Matthew 3:17</a></b></br> And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-15.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/colossians/2-5.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/mark/12-33.htm">gs</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-7.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-9.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-12.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-4.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-3.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-3.htm">Sin-Offerings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Tookest</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">gs</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-34.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-7.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Sin-Offerings</a> <a href="/psalms/99-8.htm">Tookest</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">The weakness of the law sacrifices.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">The sacrifice of Christ's body once offered,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/10-14.htm">for ever has taken away sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">An exhortation to hold fast the faith with patience and thanksgiving.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>In burnt offerings and sin offerings</b><br>The phrase refers to the sacrificial system established in the Old Testament, particularly in the books of Leviticus and Numbers. Burnt offerings were made for atonement and dedication to God, while sin offerings were specifically for unintentional sins. These offerings were central to the worship practices of ancient Israel and were performed at the Tabernacle and later the Temple in Jerusalem. The sacrificial system was a foreshadowing of the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who fulfilled the law and the prophets. The repeated sacrifices highlighted the insufficiency of animal offerings to fully atone for sin, pointing to the need for a perfect and final sacrifice.<p><b>You took no delight</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's ultimate desire for obedience and a contrite heart over ritualistic practices. It echoes sentiments found in the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6-8</a> and <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, where God expresses that He values obedience and a heart aligned with His will more than mere ritual sacrifices. The sacrificial system was never meant to be an end in itself but a means to point to the need for a deeper, spiritual relationship with God. This is fulfilled in the New Covenant through Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice was pleasing to God and sufficient for the forgiveness of sins. The phrase underscores the transition from the Old Covenant, based on the law and sacrifices, to the New Covenant, based on grace and faith in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed to Paul, though the exact authorship is uncertain. The author writes to Jewish Christians, emphasizing the superiority of Christ.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jewish_christians.htm">Jewish Christians</a></b><br>The primary audience of the letter, who were familiar with the Old Testament sacrificial system and were facing pressure to revert to Judaism.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/o/old_testament_sacrificial_system.htm">Old Testament Sacrificial System</a></b><br>A system established by God in the Law of Moses, involving various offerings, including burnt and sin offerings, as a means of atonement for sin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The central figure of the New Testament, whose sacrifice is presented as the ultimate fulfillment and replacement of the Old Testament sacrifices.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/temple_in_jerusalem.htm">Temple in Jerusalem</a></b><br>The center of Jewish worship and the place where sacrifices were offered before its destruction in 70 AD.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_heart.htm">Understanding God's Heart</a></b><br>God desires a relationship with His people that is based on obedience and love, not merely ritualistic practices. The sacrificial system was a shadow pointing to the ultimate sacrifice of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_insufficiency_of_rituals.htm">The Insufficiency of Rituals</a></b><br>Rituals and sacrifices, in themselves, cannot please God if they are not accompanied by a heart of obedience and faith. This calls us to examine our own religious practices and ensure they are expressions of genuine faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ's_fulfillment_of_the_law.htm">Christ's Fulfillment of the Law</a></b><br>Jesus' sacrifice on the cross fulfills the requirements of the Law, rendering the old sacrificial system obsolete. Believers are called to live in the freedom and grace provided by His ultimate sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_sacrifices.htm">Living Sacrifices</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, we are called to offer ourselves as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is our true and proper worship (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>).<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_of_worship.htm">Heart of Worship</a></b><br>True worship is characterized by a heart that seeks to align with God's will, demonstrating love, justice, and mercy in our daily lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_numbers_29_offerings_conflict_with_isaiah.htm">How do the repeated animal offerings in Numbers 29 align or conflict with the later prophetic criticism of sacrifices (e.g., Isaiah 1:11)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_psalm_40_7-8_and_nt_views_on_jesus_align.htm">Psalm 40:7-8 - The psalmist speaks of fulfilling what is written in the scroll; how does this align--or conflict--with later New Testament interpretations that apply these verses to Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_heb._13_10_contradict_ot_sacrifice_laws.htm">Does Hebrews 13:10's mention of an altar contradict Old Testament laws allowing priests to eat sacrifices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_hosea_6_6_inconsistent_with_ot_sacrifices.htm">In Hosea 6:6, is placing mercy over sacrifice inconsistent with other Old Testament passages that emphasize animal offerings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Burnt offerings.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">whole burnt offerings.</span> These (which were the symbol of complete consecration) are not mentioned in this Epistle, except in this verse and <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm" title="Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin you would not, neither had pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;">Hebrews 10:8</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Thou hast had no pleasure.</span>--Better (for conformity with the preceding clauses), <span class= "ital">Thou hadst no</span> <span class= "ital">pleasure.</span><p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hebrews/10-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">In burnt offerings</span><br /><span class="grk">Ὁλοκαυτώματα</span> <span class="translit">(Holokautōmata)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3646.htm">Strong's 3646: </a> </span><span class="str2">A whole burnt offering. From a derivative of a compound of holos and a derivative of kaio; a wholly-consumed sacrifice.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">sin [offerings]</span><br /><span class="grk">ἁμαρτίας</span> <span class="translit">(hamartias)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> </span><span class="str2">From hamartano; a sin.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You took no delight.</span><br /><span class="grk">εὐδόκησας</span> <span class="translit">(eudokēsas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2106.htm">Strong's 2106: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be well-pleased, think it good, be resolved. From eu and dokeo; to think well of, i.e. Approve; specially, to approbate.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hebrews 10:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hebrews 10:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hebrews 10:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hebrews 10:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hebrews 10:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hebrews 10:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hebrews 10:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hebrews 10:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hebrews 10:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hebrews 10:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 10:6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt (Heb. 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