"Yet my people and I cannot really give you anything, because everything is a gift from you, and we have only given back what is yours already.

Then Samuel took a stone, set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and said, "The LORD has helped us all the way"---and he named it "Stone of Help."

But to this very day I have been helped by God, and so I stand here giving my witness to all, to small and great alike. What I say is the very same thing which the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

For those who are being lost, it is a deadly stench that kills; but for those who are being saved, it is a fragrance that brings life. Who, then, is capable for such a task?

There is nothing in us that allows us to claim that we are capable of doing this work. The capacity we have comes from God;

After the men carrying the Covenant Box had gone six steps, David had them stop while he offered the LORD a sacrifice of a bull and a fattened calf.

I will bring burnt offerings to your house; I will offer you what I promised.

I will offer sheep to be burned on the altar; I will sacrifice bulls and goats, and the smoke will go up to the sky.

He said to Balak, "Build seven altars here for me, and bring me seven bulls and seven rams."

Balak did as he was told, and he and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

and God met him. Balaam said to him, "I have built the seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each."

Balaam said to him, "Build seven altars for me here and bring me seven bulls and seven rams."

On the seventh day offer seven young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects.

Now take seven bulls and seven rams to Job and offer them as a sacrifice for yourselves. Job will pray for you, and I will answer his prayer and not disgrace you the way you deserve. You did not speak the truth about me as he did."

On each of the seven days of the festival he is to sacrifice to the LORD seven bulls and seven rams without any defects and burn them whole. He is also to sacrifice a male goat each day as a sin offering.