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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. AT: "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. AT: "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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# rebellion is like the sin of divination
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The abstract noun "rebellion" can be translated with a verb. AT: "to rebel is as sinful as practicing divination" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# stubbornness is like wickedness and iniquity
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The abstract noun "stubbornness" can be translated with a verb and the abstract noun "wickedness" can be translated as an adjective. AT: "being stubborn is as bad as doing wicked things and practicing iniquity" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# the word of Yahweh
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"Yahweh's message" or "Yahweh's command"
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# rejected you from being king
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"decided that you will no longer be king"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/burntoffering]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rebel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/divination]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/iniquity]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reject]] |