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Malachi 3

Mal. 3:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then shall the offering
minchah (Hebrew #4503)
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
KJV usage: gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
Pronounce: min-khaw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
and Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
be pleasant
`areb (Hebrew #6149)
to be agreeable
KJV usage: be pleasant(-ing), take pleasure in, be sweet.
Pronounce: aw-rabe'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 6148 through the idea of close association)
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, as in the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of old
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
, and as in χformer
qadmowniy (Hebrew #6931)
from 6930; (of time) anterior or (of place) oriental
KJV usage: ancient, they that went before, east, (thing of) old.
Pronounce: kad-mo-nee'
Origin: or qadmoniy {kad-mo-nee'}
years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
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or, ancient.

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Cross References

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the offering.
Isa. 1:26‑27• 26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning after that shalt thou be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful town.
 27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. (Isa. 1:26‑27)
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Isa. 56:7• 7even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon my altar: for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples. (Isa. 56:7)
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Jer. 30:18‑20• 18Thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
 19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
 20Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. (Jer. 30:18‑20)
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Jer. 31:23‑24• 23Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
 24And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. (Jer. 31:23‑24)
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Ezek. 20:40‑41• 40For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
 41I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. (Ezek. 20:40‑41)
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Ezek. 43:26‑27• 26Seven days shall they atone for the altar, and purify it. And they shall consecrate it.
 27And when these days are expired, it shall be on the eighth day and forward, the priests shall prepare upon the altar your burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, and I will accept you, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 43:26‑27)
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Zech. 8:3• 3Thus saith Jehovah; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts the holy mountain. (Zech. 8:3)
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Zech. 14:20‑21• 20In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO JEHOVAH; and the pots in Jehovah's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
 21Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto Jehovah: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts. (Zech. 14:20‑21)
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1 Chron. 15:26• 26And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. (1 Chron. 15:26)
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1 Chron. 16:1‑3• 1And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had spread for it; and they presented burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.
 2And when David had ended offering up the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah.
 3And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread and a measure of wine and a raisin-cake. (1 Chron. 16:1‑3)
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1 Chron. 21:26• 26And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. (1 Chron. 21:26)
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1 Chron. 29:20‑22• 20And David said to all the congregation, Bless now Jehovah your God. And all the congregation blessed Jehovah the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and did homage to Jehovah and the king.
 21And they sacrificed sacrifices to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings to Jehovah, on the morrow after that day: even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
 22and they did eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king, the second time, and anointed him to Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be priest. (1 Chron. 29:20‑22)
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2 Chron. 1:6• 6And so Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before Jehovah which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and he offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. (2 Chron. 1:6)
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2 Chron. 7:1‑3,10‑12• 1Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
 2And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah had filled Jehovah's house.
 3And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised Jehovah, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] forever.
 10And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had done to David and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
 11Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously affected.
 12Then Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice, (2 Chron. 7:1‑3,10‑12)
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2 Chron. 8:12‑14• 12Then Solomon offered up burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch;
 13even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and at the set feasts, three times in the year, —at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles.
 14And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day required; and the doorkeepers by their divisions at every gate: for such was the commandment of David the man of God; (2 Chron. 8:12‑14)
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2 Chron. 29:31‑36• 31And Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves to Jehovah, come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart, burnt-offerings.
 32And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the congregation brought, was seventy bullocks, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
 33And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
 34Only the priests were too few, and they could not flay all the burnt-offerings; therefore their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had hallowed themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to hallow themselves than the priests.
 35And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace-offerings, and with the drink-offerings for the burnt-offering. And the service of the house of Jehovah was set in order.
 36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly. (2 Chron. 29:31‑36)
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2 Chron. 30:21‑27• 21And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by day, singing with loud instruments unto Jehovah.
 22And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that had understanding in the good knowledge of Jehovah; and they ate the feast-offerings the seven days, sacrificing peace-offerings, and extolling Jehovah the God of their fathers.
 23And the whole congregation took counsel to observe other seven days; and they observed the seven days with gladness.
 24For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
 25And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
 26So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, there had not been the like in Jerusalem.
 27And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens. (2 Chron. 30:21‑27)
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2 Chron. 31:20‑21• 20Thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before Jehovah his God.
 21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. (2 Chron. 31:20‑21)
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Jer. 2:2‑3• 2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
 3Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him are guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 2:2‑3)
former.
or, ancient.

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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