the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Malachi 3:8
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"People should not steal things from God, but you stole things from me. "You say, ‘What did we steal from you?' "You should have given me one-tenth of your things. You should have given me special gifts.
"Would anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings.
"Should a person rob God? But you are robbing me. "You ask, ‘How have we robbed you?' "You have robbed me in your offerings and the tenth of your crops.
Will man rob God? yet you rob me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings.
Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
"Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings [you have withheld].
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?' In your tithes and contributions.
Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
If a man schal turmente God, for ye `togidere fitchen me. And ye seiden, In what thing `togidere fitchen we thee? In tithis and in `firste fruitis;
Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
"Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!" You ask, "How do we rob You?" "In tithes and offerings.
You people are robbing me, your God. And, here you are, asking, "How are we robbing you?" You are robbing me of the offerings and of the ten percent that belongs to me.
Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.
Can a person rob God? Yet you rob me. But you ask, ‘How have we robbed you?' In tenths and voluntary contributions.
Will a man rob God? But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? [In] tithes and heave-offerings.
Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob Me. But ye say: 'Wherein have we robbed Thee?' In tithes and heave-offerings.
Wil a man rob God? yet ye haue robbed me. But ye say, Wherein haue we robbed thee? In tithes & offerings.
"Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me! "But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?' "You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?' You have not given Me the tenth part of what you receive and your gifts.
Will anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you say, "How are we robbing you?" In your tithes and offerings!
Will a man spoyle his gods? yet haue ye spoyled me: but ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tithes, and offerings.
Will a man defraud God as you have defrauded me? But you say, How have we defrauded thee? In tithes and offerings.
Will, a son of earth, defraud, God? Nevertheless, ye, have been defrauding me, and yet ye say, Wherein have we defrauded thee? In the tithe and the offering.
Shall a man afflict God, for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How are we robbing thee?' In your tithes and offerings.
Wyll a man spoyle his Gods? yet ye haue spoyled me: and ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tythes and offeringes?
Will a man insult God? for ye insult me. But ye say, Wherein have we insulted thee? In that the tithes and first-fruits are with you still.
I ask you, is it right for a person to cheat God? Of course not, yet you are cheating me. ‘How?' you ask. In the matter of tithes and offerings.
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me!”
Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
Will a human dare to rob God? Yet you are robbing me! And you say, ‘How have we robbed you?' In the tithes and the contributions!
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!
Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!
Shulde a man vse falsede and disceate with God, as ye vse falsede and disceate with me? Yet ye saye: wherin vse we disceate with the? In Tythes and heaue offerynges.
"Begin by being honest. Do honest people rob God? But you rob me day after day. "You ask, ‘How have we robbed you?' "The tithe and the offering—that's how! And now you're under a curse—the whole lot of you—because you're robbing me. Bring your full tithe to the Temple treasury so there will be ample provisions in my Temple. Test me in this and see if I don't open up heaven itself to you and pour out blessings beyond your wildest dreams. For my part, I will defend you against marauders, protect your wheat fields and vegetable gardens against plunderers." The Message of God -of-the-Angel-Armies.
Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?' In tithes and contributions!
"Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, "In what way have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings.
"Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings.
"Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?' In tithes and contributions.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a man: Psalms 29:2, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Matthew 22:21, Mark 12:17, Luke 20:25, Romans 13:7
In: Malachi 1:8, Malachi 1:13, Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 5:16, Leviticus 27:2-34, Numbers 18:21-32, Joshua 7:11, Nehemiah 13:4-14, Romans 2:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:20 - tithes Leviticus 5:19 - trespassed Leviticus 19:25 - General Leviticus 27:30 - General Numbers 5:9 - offering Numbers 18:24 - General Deuteronomy 12:6 - tithes 2 Chronicles 31:4 - the portion Nehemiah 5:3 - because Nehemiah 10:35 - General Nehemiah 10:37 - and the tithes Nehemiah 12:47 - gave Nehemiah 13:10 - the portions Nehemiah 13:11 - Why is the house Psalms 32:5 - iniquity Proverbs 20:25 - a snare Isaiah 43:23 - hast not Ezekiel 18:10 - that is Ezekiel 24:19 - General Ezekiel 48:14 - for Haggai 1:9 - Ye looked Haggai 2:15 - consider Zechariah 5:3 - every one Malachi 1:2 - Wherein Malachi 1:6 - And ye Malachi 2:14 - Wherefore Malachi 2:17 - Wherein Malachi 3:13 - What Mark 10:20 - General Luke 11:42 - and not Luke 18:12 - I give Acts 5:2 - kept 1 Corinthians 9:11 - sown
Cross-References
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Will a man rob God?.... Or "the gods"; the false gods, the idols of the Gentiles; the Heathens will not do that, accounting sacrilege a great sin, and yet this the Jews were guilty of: or "the judges" c, as the Targum; civil magistrates; will any dare to defraud them of their due? see Malachi 1:8.
Yet ye have robbed me; keeping back from the priests and Levites, his ministers, what was due to them; and which, being no other than a spoiling or robbing of them, might be interpreted a robbing of God:
But ye say, wherein have we robbed thee? as not being conscious of any such evil; or, however, impudently standing in it, that they were not guilty: to which is returned the answer,
In tithes and offerings; that is, they robbed God in not giving the tithes, and not offering sacrifices, according as the law required: but it may be objected, that the Jews in Christ's time did pay tithes, even of all things; yea, of more than the law required, Matthew 23:23 to which it may be replied, that though they gave tithes, yet it was
××¢×× ×¨×¢×, "with an evil eye", as Aben Ezra says; grudgingly, and not cheerfully, and with an evil intention; not to show their gratitude to God, and their acknowledgment of him as their Lord, from whom they had their all, but in order to merit at his hands; besides, our Lord suggests that they did not give to God the things that were God's, Matthew 22:21 and the apostle charges them with being guilty of sacrilege, Romans 2:22 and, moreover, the priests might not give it to the Levites, as they ought; and which is what they are charged with in Nehemiah 13:10 and Grotius says that they were guilty of this before the destruction by Vespasian, as appears by Josephus.
c ××××× "deos, vel judices", Calvin, Drusius, Grotius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Shall a man rob or cheat - , defraud God? God answers question by question, but thereby drives it home to the sinnerâs soul, and appeals to his conscience. The conscience is steeled, and answers again, âIn what?â God specifies two things only, obvious, patent, which, as being material things, they could not deny. âIn tithes and offerings.â The offerings included several classes of dues to God:
(a) the first fruits ;
(b) the annual half-shekel Exodus 30:13-15;
(c) the offerings made for the tabernacle Exodus 25:2-3; Exodus 35:5, Exodus 35:21, Exodus 35:24; Exodus 36:3, Exodus 36:6 and the second temple Ezra 8:25 at its first erection; it is used of ordinary offerings;
(d) of the tithes of their own tithes, which the Levites paid to the priests Numbers 18:26, Numbers 18:28-29;
(e) of the portions of the sacrifice which accrued to the priests Leviticus 7:14.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Malachi 3:8. Will a man rob God? — Here is one point on which ye are guilty; ye withhold the tithes and offerings from the temple of God, so that the Divine worship is neglected.
