"By presenting defiled food on My altar." You ask, "How have we defiled You?" "By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible." Cross References Leviticus 3:11Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD. Leviticus 21:6 They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they present the offerings made by fire to the LORD, the food of their God. So they must be holy. Leviticus 21:8 You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I, the LORD who sets you apart, am holy. Ezekiel 41:22 There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. It had corners, a base, and sides of wood. And the man told me, "This is the table that is before the LORD." Ezekiel 44:16 They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge. Malachi 1:8 "When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Why not offer them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?" asks the LORD of Hosts. Malachi 1:12 "But you profane it when you say, 'The table of the LORD is defiled, and its fruit, its food, is contemptible.' Malachi 1:13 You also say: 'Look, what a nuisance!' And you turn up your nose at it," says the LORD of Hosts. "You bring as an offering animals that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept this from your hands?" asks the LORD. Chapter Outline 1. Malachi complains of Israel's unkindness;2. of their irreverence and profaneness. Jump to Previous Altar Bread Contemptible Defiled Despicable Despised Food How LORD's Nigh Offer Offering Polluted Presenting Table Thinking Unclean WhereinJump to Next Altar Bread Contemptible Defiled Despicable Despised Food How LORD's Nigh Offer Offering Polluted Presenting Table Thinking Unclean Wherein |
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