Passage

The animals are already God's

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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¹⁰For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.

Psalms 50:10World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

God declares that the forest animals and the cattle on the hills belong to him.

To understand

He addresses Israel about sacrifices, saying he needs neither a bull from their stalls nor goats from their pens. The animals offered already belong to the one receiving the offerings.

A question

How does ownership of the animals affect the claim that God needs these offerings?