Malachi 1:7

God's Word

“You offer contaminated food on my altar. “But you ask, ‘Then how have we contaminated you?’ “When you say that the Lord’s table may be despised.

Cross References

Ezekiel 41:22

There was a wooden altar, 5 feet high and 3½ feet wide. Its corners, its base, and its sides were made of wood. Then the man told me, “This is the table that is in the presence of the Lord.”

Ezekiel 44:16

They may enter my holy place, come near my table to serve me, and take care of everything I gave them.

Leviticus 2:11

“Every grain offering that you bring to the Lord must be prepared without yeast. Never burn yeast or honey as an offering to the Lord.

Leviticus 21:6

“Be God’s holy men, and don’t dishonor the name of your God. Be holy because you bring sacrifices by fire to the Lord. It is the food of your God.

Leviticus 21:8

Be holy because you offer the food of your God. Be holy because I, the Lord, am holy. I set you apart as holy.

Leviticus 3:11

Then the priest will burn the fellowship offering on the altar. It is food, an offering by fire to the Lord.

Malachi 1:12

“But you dishonor it when you say that the Lord’s table may be contaminated and that its food may be despised.

Malachi 1:13

“You say, ‘Oh what a nuisance it is,’ and you sniff at it in disgust,” says the Lord of Armies. “You bring stolen, lame, and sick animals. When you bring such offerings, should I accept them from you?” asks the Lord.

Malachi 1:8

When you bring a blind animal to sacrifice, isn’t that wrong? When you bring a lame or a sick animal, isn’t that wrong? Try offering it to your governor. Would he accept it from you? Would he welcome you?” asks the Lord of Armies.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the Lord’s cup and the cup of demons. You cannot participate at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.

Deuteronomy 15:21

But if an animal is lame or blind or has any other serious defect—never sacrifice it to the Lord your God.