Malachi 1:7
Ye offer lechem mego'al (defiled food) upon Mine mizbe'ach; 1 and ye say: Wherein have we defiled Thee? 1 In that ye say: The shulchan of Hashem is to be despised. 1
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Leviticus 2:11No minchah, which ye shall bring unto Hashem, shall be made with chametz; for ye shall burn no se'or, nor any devash, in any offering of Hashem made by eish.
Deuteronomy 15:21And if there be any mum therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any serious defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Hashem Eloheicha.
Ezekiel 41:22The Mizbe'ach was of etz and was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the sides thereof, were of etz; and he + 41:22 the angelic being said unto me, This is the shulchan that is before Hashem.
Malachi 1:12But ye have committed chillul Hashem (desecration of the Name), in that ye say: 1 The shulchan Adonoi is mego'al (defiled); 1 and the fruit, even the food thereof, is contemptible. 1
1 Corinthians 11:21For each one rushes ahead with his own seudah (meal). One is hungerik (hungry), one has passed out in his schnapps.
Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:7-14
God's Remonstrance with the Priests; Judgment of Wicked Priests. ( b. c. 400.) 6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 7 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. 8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice,… Read the whole commentary →