Malachi 1:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

Behold

Mark 14:4

Torn

Ezekiel 44:31

Should i accept

Matthew 6:1

General references

Leviticus 22:20

Bible References

Behold

Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’

“Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob;
But you have become weary of Me, O Israel.

saying,
“When will the new moon be over,
So that we may sell grain,
And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,
To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,
And to cheat with dishonest scales,

“My people, what have I done to you,
And how have I wearied you? Answer Me.

But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?

Torn

You are presenting defiled

food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is to be despised.’

He shall not eat an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord.

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

But I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”

The priests shall not eat any bird or beast that has died a natural death or has been torn to pieces.

Should i accept

“This is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.

“When you come to appear before Me,
Who requires of you this trampling of My courts?

“Among the

smooth stones of the ravine

Is your portion, they are your lot;
Even to them you have poured out a drink offering,
You have made a grain offering.
Shall I

relent concerning these things?

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and

offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known,

“I hate, I reject your festivals,
Nor do I

delight in your solemn assemblies.

“Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

General references

Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you.