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Malachi 1:7

By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.

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ASV

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

KJV

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַגִּישִׁ֤יםma.gi.Shim[you are] bringing nearH5066 →
עַֽל־'al-onH5921 →
מִזְבְּחִי֙miz.be.Chialtar myH4196 →
לֶ֣חֶםLe.chemfoodH3899 →
מְגֹאָ֔לme.go.'AldefiledH1351 →
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.Temand you sayH559 →
בַּמֶּ֣הba.Meh<in> how?H4100 →
גֵֽאַלְנ֑וּךָge.'al.Nu.khahave we defiled youH1351 →
בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֕םbe.'e.ma.re.Khemby saying youH559 →
שֻׁלְחַ֥ןshul.Chan[the] table ofH7979 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
נִבְזֶ֥הniv.Zeh[is] despicableH959 →
הֽוּא׃Hu'itH1931 →

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Malachi 1:12“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’1 Corinthians 10:21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.1 Corinthians 11:27–32Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.Malachi 1:8When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.1 Samuel 2:15–17Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”Ezekiel 44:16They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.Deuteronomy 15:21But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.Ezekiel 41:22There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”Leviticus 2:11No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD.Leviticus 21:6They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.Leviticus 3:11Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.1 Corinthians 11:21–22For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.Ezekiel 44:7In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.Jeremiah 34:16But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.Numbers 18:32Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”Exodus 25:30And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.Numbers 28:2“Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.Ezekiel 23:41You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,

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