...their idolatry, and desirous to discover some way in which they might avert the divine displeasure. " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord; and bow myself...thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression; the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" These interrogatories betray a...

...Micah represents such a man as asking, " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself beiore the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings,...thousands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ?" In reply to this, it must be said,...

...Balaam, the sou of Beor of Mesopotamia, and calling on him to come and curse his enemies, exclaimed, " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself...Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgressions, the fruit of my...

...the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, and with calves of a year old? Witt the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten...the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what of all things will be most acceptable to him ; and what...

...displeasure. '• Wherewith shall I come before the Lord; and bow myself before the high God? Shall T come before him with burnt-offerings; with calves...thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression; the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" These interrogatories betray a...

...to the living and true God. This conclusion is abundantly supported by the language of Scripture : ' Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself...fruit of my body for the sin of my soul ? He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to...

...God, for the breach of his commandments ; " since," added he, " it is written in this holy book, ' Wherewith shall I come before the Lord and bow myself...thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my trangression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soulV Micah vi. 6, 7. And again, 'Though...

...commandments ; " since," added he, " it is written in this holy beok, ' Wherewith shall 1 come before the Lord and bow myself before the high God? Shall...thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my trangression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul V Micah vi. 6, 7. And again, 'Though...

...before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-ofterings, and calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with...the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul! He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to...

...inquiring, how he shall propitiate his offended God, and serve him acceptably for the time to come. " Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself...Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, c 2 • the fruit...