Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob G-d? 1 Yet ye have robbed Me. 1 But ye say: Wherein have we robbed Thee? 1 In ma'aser (tithes) and terumah (offerings, contributions). + 3:8 Ex 20:15 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9Ye are cursed with a me'erah (curse); 1 for ye have robbed Me, 1 even this whole Goy (nation). 1
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25And in the shanah hachamishit shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Hashem Eloheichem.
Numbers 18:21And, hinei, I have given the Bnei Levi all the ma'aser (tithe) in Yisroel for a nachalah, for their Avodah which they serve, even the Avodat Ohel Mo'ed.
Nehemiah 13:4And before this, Elyashiv the Kohen, having the oversight of the storeroom of the Beis Eloheinu, was allied unto Toviyah;
Psalms 29:2Ascribe unto Hashem the Kavod Shmo; 1 worship Hashem in the Hadrat Kodesh (beauty of holiness). 1
Proverbs 11:24There is that which scattereth, and yet increaseth more; 1 and there is that which withholdeth more than is yosher, but it leadeth to machsor (want, need, poverty). 1
Malachi 1:8And when ye offer the blind animal for sacrifice, 1 is it not rah? 1 And when ye offer the lame and diseased, 1 is it not rah? 1 Offer it now unto thy governor; 1 will he be pleased with thee, 1 or receive thee? 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1
Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:8-13
The Sins of the People; Encouragements to Repentance. ( b. c. 400.) 7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that… Read the whole commentary →