Malachi 1:7

New Century Version

“You have shown it by bringing unclean food to my altar. “But you ask, ‘What makes it unclean?’ “It is unclean because you don’t respect the altar of the Lord.

Cross References

Ezekiel 41:22

an altar of wood. It was more than five feet high and three feet wide. Its corners, base, and sides were wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is in the presence of the Lord.”

Ezekiel 44:16

They are the only ones who may enter my Holy Place. Only they may come near my table to serve me and take care of the things I gave them to do.

Leviticus 2:11

“ ‘Every grain offering you bring to the Lord must be made without yeast, because you must not burn any yeast or honey in an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 21:6

They must be holy to their God and show respect for God’s name, because they present the offerings made by fire to the Lord, which is the food of their God. So they must be holy.

Leviticus 21:8

Treat him as holy, because he offers up the food of your God. Think of him as holy; I am the Lord who makes you holy, and I am holy.

Leviticus 3:11

Then the priest will burn these parts on the altar as food; it will be an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Malachi 1:12

“But you don’t honor me. You say about the Lord’s altar, ‘It is unclean, and the food has no worth.’

Malachi 1:13

You say, ‘We are tired of doing this,’ and you sniff at it in disgust,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “And you bring hurt, crippled, and sick animals as gifts. You bring them as gifts, but I won’t accept them from you,” says the Lord.

Malachi 1:8

When you bring blind animals as sacrifices, that is wrong. When you bring crippled and sick animals, that is wrong. Try giving them to your governor. Would he be pleased with you? He wouldn’t accept you,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons also. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.

Deuteronomy 15:21

If an animal is crippled or blind or has something else wrong, do not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.