Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
So now take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer them as a burnt sacrifice for yourselves. Have my servant Job pray for you, because I will listen to him. This will keep me from punishing you for your foolishness, because you have not spoken correctly about me like my servant Job has.
God is telling Job's three friends to bring sacrifices and ask Job to pray for them, because they spoke wrongly about God while Job spoke truthfully.
📚 Historical Context
This comes at the end of Job's story, after God has spoken from the whirlwind and revealed His power and wisdom. Job's three friends - Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar - had spent most of the book incorrectly blaming Job for his suffering and misrepresenting God's character. Now God is requiring them to make things right through sacrifice and by asking Job to intercede for them.
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