Jeremiah 7:22

“For I spake not unto your fathers, etc.] Meaning not Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but Moses, Aaron, and others, who were living at the time of the bringing of the children of Israel out of Egypt, as appears by what follows: nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings, or sacrifices; these are not in the decalogue or ten commands; these are no part of that law or covenant, but are an appendage or addition to it; and though they are of early institution and use, yet they never were appointed for the sake of themselves, but for another end; they were types of Christ, and were designed to lead the faith of the people of God to him; they…”

“Not contradicting the divine obligation of the legal sacrifices. But, "I did not require sacrifices, unless combined with moral obedience" (Psa 50:8; Psa 51:16-17). The superior claim of the moral above the positive precepts of the law was marked by the ten commandments having been delivered first, and by the two tables of stone being deposited alone in the ark (Deu 5:6). The negative in Hebrew often supplies the want of the comparative: not excluding the thing denied, but only implying the prior claim of the thing set in opposition to it (Hos 6:6). "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice" (Sa1 15:22). Love to God is the supreme end, external observances only means towards that end. "The mere…”

“For - God doth not condemn these offerings, save only comparatively in respect of obedience, not so much these, as obeying his commands. Jeremiah 7:25”

“nor: Sa1 15:22; Psa 40:6, Psa 50:8-17, Psa 51:16, Psa 51:17; Hos 6:6; Mat 9:13; Mar 12:33 burnt offerings: Heb. the matter of burnt offerings Jeremiah 7:23”