Malachi 1:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?

But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.

But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?

Torn

You put unclean bread on my altar. And you say, How have we made it unclean? By your saying, The table of the Lord is of no value.

That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.

But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.

Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.

The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.

Should i accept

And this again you do: covering the altar of the Lord with weeping and with grief, so that he gives no more thought to the offering, and does not take it with pleasure from your hand.

At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?

Among the smooth stones of the valley is your heritage; they, even they, are your part: even to them have you made a drink offering and a meal offering. Is it possible for such things to be overlooked by me?

Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;

Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.

Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

General references

But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.