Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

Bible References

The table

Malachi 1:12
But you are profaning it when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.”
1 Samuel 2:15
Even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he won’t accept boiled meat from you—only raw.”
Ezekiel 41:22
The altar was made of wood, 5¼ feet high and 3½ feet long. It had corners, and its length and sides were of wood. The man told me, “This is the table that stands before the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 10:21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
1 Corinthians 11:21
For at the meal, each one eats his own supper ahead of others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!

General references

Exodus 25:30
Put the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
Deuteronomy 15:21
But if there is a defect in the animal, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
Ezekiel 22:8
You despise My holy things and profane My Sabbaths.

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