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Example sentences for "offer sacrifice"

  • He himself started for the Capitol to offer sacrifice.

  • If any one wishes to offer sacrifice he brings the victim to an open space, and calls on the god, after crowning his tiara with branches of myrtle.

  • He established earth and heaven--to what god shall we offer sacrifice?

  • And he said: It is peaceable: I am come to offer sacrifice to the Lord, be ye sanctified, and come with me to the sacrifice.

  • And this man went up out of his city upon the appointed days, to adore and to offer sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Silo.

  • But the people took of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the firstfruits of those things that were slain, to offer sacrifice to the Lord their God in Galgal.

  • But since we left off to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out frank offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword, and by famine.

  • And if we offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and pour out drink offerings to her: did we make cakes to worship her, to pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?

  • For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda: and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem thou hast set up altars of confusion, altars to offer sacrifice to Baalim.

  • Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me.

  • So when he had ordered the Hebrews to arm themselves with them, he led them to Mount Sinai, in order to offer sacrifice to God, and to render oblations for the salvation of the multitude, as he was charged to do beforehand.

  • But on the eighth day he appointed a feast for the people, and commanded them to offer sacrifice according to their ability.

  • He sent for some of them, and asked why they did not offer sacrifice as their law had ordered?

  • And now, when the danger came, numbers of them ran into the market-place at Carthage, and seemed quite eager to offer sacrifice to the gods of the heathen.

  • These prisoners were desired to offer sacrifice: if they refused, they were cruelly tortured, and some of them were even crucified.

  • Therefore all are bound to offer sacrifice to God.

  • Wherefore the priest says not: I offer sacrifice to thee, Peter or Paul.

  • Whether all are bound to offer sacrifice?

  • This they did, and Eteonicus, on his side, as soon as the despatch-boat came sailing in, proceeded to offer sacrifice of thanksgiving in honour of the good news.

  • Chares was persuaded, and proceeded to offer sacrifice.

  • Therefore, that this should never be, and only good be yours, I counsel you to offer sacrifice together, and call the gods to witness and make a covenant.

  • As soon as he was appointed, his first act had been to offer sacrifice, and when the omens were favourable he had chosen his two hundred Peers, and each of them had chosen their four comrades.

  • But early the next morning Cyrus put a garland on his head and went out to offer sacrifice, and sent word to all the Peers of Persia to join him, wearing garlands like himself.

  • The Macedonians kept a day sacred to Dionysus, and on that day Alexander used to offer sacrifice to him every year.

  • To this Tyrian Heracles, Alexander said he wished to offer sacrifice.

  • All these provisions being laid down, Koeratadas proceeded to offer sacrifice, as a preliminary to the distribution of them among the soldiers.

  • Except for hunting and war the kings only left the palace to offer sacrifice.


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