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Isaiah 1:12

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When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
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  1. Exodus 34:23Rank 1 from verse 12
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    23¶ Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

  2. Ecclesiastes 5:1Rank 2 from verse 12
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    1KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

  3. Exodus 23:17Rank 3 from verse 12
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    17Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.

  4. Isaiah 58:1–2Rank 4 from verse 12
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    1CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

    2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

  5. Micah 6:8Rank 5 from verse 12
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    8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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Isaiah 1:12

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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appear

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1. To come or become visible or manifest. 2. To come or present oneself before someone. 3. To seem or have an outward appearance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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required

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Past-tense or past-participial form of require (to ask, demand, call for, or hold someone accountable for what is due).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

courts

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1. Enclosed yards. 2. Royal residences or attendants. 3. Places where judgment is given.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

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13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

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