11:03 PM
@Birdie In the context and with the use of language it's clear that God said:
> For in the day that I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to them or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. But this command I gave them, "Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk only in the way that I command you, so that it may be well with you." (Jeremiah 7:22-23, italics added)
It certainly does say that God gave them no commandments (or laws) about sacrifices. That's exactly what it says.
Maybe you don't want it to say that, but it does say that.
@Birdie It is common enough in the Bible for the people, and even the biblical writers, to attribute to God things that don't actually come from God. But it is necessary for the people to believe that they come from God because they must have some religion and some basis for building a conscience for obeying God.
An especially clear example of this is David's numbering of the people. In 2 Samuel, in is God who tells David to number the people:
> Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, "Go, count the people of Israel and Judah." (2 Samuel 24:1, italics added)
But in the telling of the very same story in 1 Chronicles, it is Satan who tells David to number the people:
> Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to count the people of Israel. (1 Chronicles 21:1)
Now, you can try to finesse the issue by saying that God told Satan to tell David. But the story doesn't actually say that. One says God incited David. The other says Satan incited David.
God does not move or incite people to do evil. That's what Satan does. But it was common for people of those cultures (and even today) to believe that God incited people to evil, and so they commonly attributed it to God in the Bible, even though it was actually Satan doing it. This was necessary so that they would believe that God is all-powerful (for both good and evil) and would respect and obey God.