Malachi 1:13

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Summary

Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

Behold

Mark 14:4

Torn

Ezekiel 44:31

Should i accept

Matthew 6:1

General references

Leviticus 22:20

Bible References

Behold

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

But there were some that had indignation among themselves,'saying , To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?

Torn

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am Jehovah.

And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God.

Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.

Should i accept

And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

Among the smooth'stones of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month , even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

General references

But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.