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Malachi 1:8

When 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.

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ASV

And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְכִֽי־ve.khi-and ifH3588 →
תַגִּשׁ֨וּןta.gi.Shunyou bring near !H5066 →
עִוֵּ֤ר'i.Vera blind [animal]H5787 →
לִזְבֹּ֙חַ֙liz.Bo.achto sacrificeH2076 →
אֵ֣ין'einnot?H369 →
רָ֔עRa'[is it] evilH7451 →
וְכִ֥יve.Khiand ifH3588 →
תַגִּ֛ישׁוּta.Gi.shuyou bring nearH5066 →
פִּסֵּ֥חַpi.Se.acha lame [animal]H6455 →
וְחֹלֶ֖הve.cho.Lehand a sick [animal]H2470 →
אֵ֣ין'ein[is it] not?H369 →
רָ֑עRa'evilH7451 →
הַקְרִיבֵ֨הוּhak.ri.Ve.hubring near itH7126 →
נָ֜אna'pleaseH4994 →
לְפֶחָתֶ֗ךָle.fe.cha.Te.khato governor yourH6346 →
הֲיִרְצְךָ֙ha.yir.tze.Kha¿ will he be pleased with youH7521 →
א֚וֹ'oorH176 →
הֲיִשָּׂ֣אha.yi.Sa'¿ will he lift upH5375 →
פָנֶ֔יךָfa.Nei.khaface yourH6440 →
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →

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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.Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”Leviticus 22:19–25must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.Jeremiah 14:10This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”Leviticus 22:20You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.Psalms 4:5Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.Malachi 1:7By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.Leviticus 22:22You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.Malachi 1:13–14You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.Psalms 20:3May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. SelahDeuteronomy 17:1You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”Leviticus 3:1“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.Numbers 18:30Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.

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