Malachi 1:7

Modern English Version

You offer defiled food on My altar, but say, “How have we defiled You?” By saying, “The table of the Lord is contemptible.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 41:22

The altar of wood was three cubits high, and its length two cubits. And its corners and its length and its walls were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

Ezekiel 44:16

They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall come near to My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.

Leviticus 2:11

No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall not burn leaven, nor any honey as a food offering by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 21:6

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the food of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.

Leviticus 21:8

You shall sanctify him, for he offers the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the Lord, who sanctifies you, am holy.

Leviticus 3:11

The priest shall burn it on the altar as a food offering made by fire for the Lord.

Malachi 1:12

But you profane it, in that you say, “The table of the Lord is defiled, and its fruit, that is, its food is contemptible.”

Malachi 1:13

You also say, “What a weariness it is,” and you snort at it, says the Lord of Hosts. You bring in what is stolen, the lame, or the sick; thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand? says the Lord.

Malachi 1:8

When you offer the blind as a sacrifice, is it not evil? When you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Offer it now to your governor! Would he be pleased with you, or accept you? says the Lord of Hosts.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.

Deuteronomy 15:21

If there is any defect in it, if it is lame or blind or has a serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.