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Malachi 1:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Malachi 1:8

Verse 8 of 14

Scripture focus

And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, [is it] not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, [is it] not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 1:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Malachi 1:8

Theological / Devotional

Offer the blind. Since the law required sacrificial victims to be “without blemish” (Lev. 22:19), those mentioned in this verse were an offense to God. The people reasoned that it made no difference whether victims to be sacrificed were perfect. They might as well get rid of the deformed sheep and cattle and keep the healthy, perfect ones for themselves. God designs that men shall render Him their best. Reserving the best for some other purpose is evidence that God is not first in the life. To offer God less than first place is, in reality, to offer Him no place at all.

Governor. Heb. pachah, “a provincial governor” (see on Haggai 1:1). To offer such a dignitary what was defective would be an insult. If this was true in regard to a human being, how much more would it be true in regard to the great and exalted “Lord of hosts” (see on Jer. 7:3).

Accept thy person. Literally, “lift up thy faces,” meaning to receive with favor.

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