Malachi 1:7

New American Bible - revised edition

By offering defiled food on my altar! You ask, “How have we defiled it?” By saying that the table of the Lord may be disdained!

Cross References

Ezekiel 41:22

a wooden altar, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits wide. It had corners and a wooden base and sides. He said to me, “This is the table that stands before the Lord.”

Ezekiel 44:16

They may enter my sanctuary; they may approach my table to serve me and carry out my service.

Leviticus 2:11

Every grain offering that you present to the Lord shall be unleavened, for you shall not burn any leaven or honey as an oblation to the Lord.

Leviticus 21:6

They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane their God’s name, since they offer the oblations of the Lord, the food of their God; so they must be holy.

Leviticus 21:8

Honor him as holy for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you, because I, the Lord, am holy who make you holy.

Leviticus 3:11

The priest shall burn this on the altar as food, an oblation to the Lord.

Malachi 1:12

But you profane it by saying that the Lord’s table is defiled, and its food may be disdained.

Malachi 1:13

You say, “See what a burden this is!” and you exasperate me, says the Lord of hosts; You bring in what is mutilated, or lame, or sick; you bring it as an offering! Will I accept it from your hands? says the Lord.

Malachi 1:8

When you offer a blind animal for sacrifice, is there no wrong in that? When you offer a lame or sick animal, is there no wrong in that? Present it to your governor! Will he be pleased with you—or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.

Deuteronomy 15:21

But if a firstling has any defect, lameness or blindness, any such serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord, your God,