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# Has Yahweh as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh?
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Samuel asks this question to emphasize that obedience is much more important than sacrifice. This can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "Yahweh does not delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying his voice!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# the voice of Yahweh
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Here "voice" refers to the commands that Yahweh spoke. Alternate translation: "the things that Yahweh commanded" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Obedience is better than sacrifice
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God wanted Saul's complete obedience in the destruction of the Amalekites. Nothing in the land was fit for sacrifice.
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# better than the fat of rams
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"better than to sacrifice the fat of rams as a burnt offering"
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