When ye come to appear before me, upon the three solemn feasts, Exodus 23:17, Exodus 34:23, or upon other occasions. Who hath required this at your hands, to wit, in this manner, and upon these terms? The thing that I commanded was not only nor chiefly that you should offer external sacrifices to me, but that you should do it with true repentance for all your sins, with faith in my promises, with hearty love to me, and sincere resolutions of devoting yourselves to my service, without which you offer me a dead carcass instead of a living sacrifice. My courts; the courts of my temple, which were two, that of the priests, and that where the people assembled, 2 Chronicles 4:9. So this reproof seems to be directed against both priests and people, as unworthy to enjoy this privilege.
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Isaiah 1:12
12 When ye come to appearf before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?