Malachi 3:4

Then shall the offering of Yehudah and Yerushalayim 1 be pleasing unto Hashem, 1 as in the yamei olam (days of old), 1 and as in shanim kadmoniyyot (former years). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

In Context

3And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of kesef; 1 and He shall purify the Bnei Levi, 1 and purge them as zahav and kesef, 1 that they may offer unto Hashem 1 an offering in tzedakah. 1

5And I will come near to you for mishpat; 1 and I will be a swift ed (witness) 1 against the mekhashfim (sorcerers), and against the mena'afim (adulterers), 1 and against false swearers, 1 and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, 1 the almanah (widow), and the fatherless, 1 and that turn aside the ger from his right, 1 and fear not Me, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:26And it came to pass, when HaElohim helped the Levi'im that bore the Aron Brit Hashem, that they offered in sacrifice shivah bulls and shivah rams.

1 Chronicles 21:26And Dovid built there a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem, and offered olot (burnt offerings) and shelamim (peace offerings), and called upon Hashem, and He answered him from Shomayim by eish upon the Mizbe'ach HaOlah.

2 Chronicles 1:6And Sh'lomo went up there to the Mizbe'ach Hanechoshet before Hashem, which was at the Ohel Mo'ed, and offered a thousand olot upon it.

2 Chronicles 7:10And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent HaAm away into their ohalim joyful and tovei lev for the goodness that Hashem had showed unto Dovid, and to Sh'lomo, and to Yisroel His Am.

2 Chronicles 29:31Then Chizkiyahu (Yechizkiyahu) answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto Hashem, come near and bring zevakhim and todot into the Beis Hashem. And the Kahal brought in zevakhim and todot; and, as many as were of a willing heart, olot (burnt offerings).

2 Chronicles 31:20And thus did Chizkiyahu (Yechizkiyahu) throughout kol Yehudah, and wrought that which was tov and yashar and emes before Hashem Elohav.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:2-7

Evangelical Predictions; The Advent of Christ Predicted. ( b. c. 400.) 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he… Read the whole commentary →

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