Malachi 1:7
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Malachi 1:7

“By presenting defiled food on My altar.”

You ask: “How have we defiled You?”

When you say: “The Lord’s table is contemptible.”

Malachi 1:12

But you are profaning it when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.”

Leviticus 2:11

“No grain offering that you present to the Lord is to be made with yeast, for you are not to burn any yeast or honey as a fire offering to the Lord.

Leviticus 21:6

They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they present the fire offerings to Yahweh, the food of their God, and they must be holy.

Deuteronomy 15:21

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

1 Samuel 2:15-17

Even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he won’t accept boiled meat from you—only raw.”

Ezekiel 41:22

The altar was made of wood, 5¼ feet high and 3½ feet long. It had corners, and its length and sides were of wood. The man told me, “This is the table that stands before the Lord.”

Malachi 1:8

“When you present a blind animal for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present a lame or sick animal, is it not wrong? Bring it to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the Lord of Hosts.

1 Corinthians 10:21

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

1 Corinthians 11:21-22

For at the meal, each one eats his own supper ahead of others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!

1 Corinthians 11:27-32

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way will be guilty of sin against the body and blood of the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The table

General references

Bible References

The table

Malachi 1:12
But you are profaning it when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.”
1 Samuel 2:15
Even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he won’t accept boiled meat from you—only raw.”
Ezekiel 41:22
The altar was made of wood, 5¼ feet high and 3½ feet long. It had corners, and its length and sides were of wood. The man told me, “This is the table that stands before the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 10:21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
1 Corinthians 11:21
For at the meal, each one eats his own supper ahead of others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!

General references

Exodus 25:30
Put the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
Deuteronomy 15:21
But if there is a defect in the animal, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
Ezekiel 22:8
You despise My holy things and profane My Sabbaths.

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