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Malachi 3

Mal. 3:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Will a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
rob
qaba` (Hebrew #6906)
to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud
KJV usage: rob, spoil.
Pronounce: kaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
? Yet ye have robbed
qaba` (Hebrew #6906)
to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud
KJV usage: rob, spoil.
Pronounce: kaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
me. But ye say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Wherein have we robbed
qaba` (Hebrew #6906)
to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud
KJV usage: rob, spoil.
Pronounce: kaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
thee? In tithes
ma`aser (Hebrew #4643)
and (in plural) feminine maasrah {mah-as-raw'}; from 6240; a tenth; especially a tithe
KJV usage: tenth (part), tithe(-ing).
Pronounce: mah-as-ayr'
Origin: or maasar {mah-as-ar'}
h and offerings
truwmah (Hebrew #8641)
from 7311; a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
KJV usage: gift, heave offering ((shoulder)), oblation, offered(-ing).
Pronounce: ter-oo-maw'
Origin: or trumah (Deut. 12:11) {ter-oo-maw'}
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Neh. 13:10‑12• 10{i}And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and that{/i} the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled everyone to his field.
 11Then contended I with the rulers and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
 12{i}And all Judah brought the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil into the storehouses.{/i} (Neh. 13:10‑12)

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Psa. 29:2• 2Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name;{HR}Bow down to Jehovah in the beauty of holiness. (Psa. 29:2)
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Prov. 3:9‑10• 9Honour Jehovah with thy substance,{HR}And with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
 10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,{HR}And thy vats shall overflow with new wine. (Prov. 3:9‑10)
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Matt. 22:21• 21{i}They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Pay then what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.{/i} (Matt. 22:21)
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Mark 12:17• 17{i}And Jesus answering said to them,{/i} Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. {i}And they wondered at him.{/i} (Mark 12:17)
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Luke 20:25• 25And he said to them, Therefore render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God. (Luke 20:25)
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Rom. 13:7• 7Render to all their dues, tribute to whom tribute, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour. (Rom. 13:7)
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Mal. 1:8,13• 8And 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 Jehovah of hosts.
 13Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith Jehovah. (Mal. 1:8,13)
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Lev. 5:15‑16• 15If any one commit a perfidy, and sin inadvertently in the holy things of Jehovah, then he shall bring his trespass offering to Jehovah, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thine estimation by shekels of silver after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
 16And he shall make restitution for what he hath done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering; and it shall be forgiven him. (Lev. 5:15‑16)
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Lev. 27:2‑34• 2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When a man devoteth by a vow, the persons [shall be] for Jehovah by thy valuation.
 3And thy valuation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old: even thy valuation shall be sixty shekels of silver after the shekel of the sanctuary.
 4And if for a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
 5And if from five years old even to twenty years old, then thy valuation of the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
 6And if from a month old even to five years old, then thy valuation of the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation [shall be] three shekels of silver.
 7And if from sixty years old and above, if a male, then thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels; and for the female ten shekels.
 8And if he be poorer than thy valuation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his means that vowed shall the priest value him.
 9And if it be] a beast of which men offer an offering to Jehovah, all that they give of such to Jehovah shall be holy.
 10They shall not alter it nor change it; a good for a bad nor a bad for a good; and if he at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
 11And if any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an offering to Jehovah, then he shall present the beast before the priest;
 12and the priest shall value it, between good and bad: according to thy valuation, O priest, so shall it be.
 13And if they will in any wise redeem it, then they shall add a fifth thereof according to thy valuation.
 14And when anyone halloweth his house, that it may be holy to Jehovah, the priest shall value it, between good and bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.
 15And if he that halloweth it will redeem his house, he shall add the fifth of the money of thy valuation to it, and it shall be his.
 16And if a man hallow to Jehovah out of a field of his possession, thy valuation shall be according to the seed thereof: the homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.
 17If he hallow his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand;
 18but if he hallow his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain until the year of the jubilee, and there shall be a reduction from thy valuation.
 19And if he that hallowed the field will in any wise redeem it, he shall add the fifth of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be assured to him;
 20but if he do not redeem the field, or if he sell the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed anymore;
 21and the field when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy to Jehovah as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
 22And if he hallow to Jehovah a field that he hath bought, which [is] not the field of his possession,
 23the priest shall reckon to him the amount of thy valuation unto the year of the jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation on that day, holy unto Jehovah.
 24In the year of the jubilee the field shall return to him of whom it was bought, to him to whom the possession of the land [belonged].
 25And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
 26Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it: whether [it be] ox or sheep, it [is] Jehovah's.
 27And if [it be] of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom [it] according to thine estimation, and shall add to it the fifth thereof; or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thine estimation.
 28Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man shall devote to Jehovah of all that he hath, of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy to Jehovah.
 29None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
 30And all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the tree, [is] Jehovah's, holy to Jehovah.
 31And if a man will redeem [aught] of his tithe, he shall add to it the fifth thereof.
 32And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Jehovah.
 33He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it; and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy: it shall not be redeemed.
 34These [are] the commandments which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. (Lev. 27:2‑34)
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Num. 18:21‑32• 21{i}And to the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.{/i}
 22{i}Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die.{/i}
 23{i}But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;{/i}
 24{i}for I have given for an inheritance to the Levites the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Jehovah; therefore I have said of them, They shall possess no inheritance among the children of Israel.{/i}
 25{i}And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,{/i}
 26{i}And to the Levites shalt thou speak, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer a heave-offering from it for Jehovah, the tenth of the tithe.{/i}
 27{i}And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as the corn from the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.{/i}
 28{i}Thus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest.{/i}
 29{i}Out of all that is given you ye shall offer the whole heave-offering of Jehovah, —of all the best thereof the hallowed part thereof.{/i}
 30{i}And thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as produce of the threshing-floor, and as produce of the winepress.{/i}
 31{i}And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward for your service in the tent of meeting.{/i}
 32{i}And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, if ye heave from it the best of it; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.{/i} (Num. 18:21‑32)
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Josh. 7:11• 11Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. (Josh. 7:11)
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Neh. 13:4‑14• 4And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah.
 5And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
 6But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king.
 7And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
 8And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber,
 9Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
 10{i}And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and that{/i} the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled everyone to his field.
 11Then contended I with the rulers and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
 12{i}And all Judah brought the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil into the storehouses.{/i}
 13{i}And I made storekeepers over the storehouses: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and subordinate to them, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were esteemed faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brethren.{/i}
 14{i}Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds which I have done for the house of my God, and for the charges thereof!{/i} (Neh. 13:4‑14)
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Rom. 2:22• 22thou that sayest not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? (Rom. 2:22)
• It was impossible for them to evade the truth of such a charge; for the Lord through Moses had laid down the minutest directions concerning tithes and offerings, and they could not but know whether they had complied with them. (See Lev. 23; Num. 15; 28; Deut. 14:22-29; 26 and more.) They knew precisely, therefore, what was required of them, and they had no excuse for their disobedience. (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)
• Let us be candid with ourselves, and solemnly interrogate our hearts in the presence of God, to learn whether we have risen to the height of our privilege in this respect, in honoring the Lord with our substance, in devoting the first-fruits of our increase to His service. Let us not be afraid even of figures, asking ourselves, if need be, “How much have we given of our income for the Lord’s use?” or, “What proportion have our gifts borne to what we have received?” Ah! beloved, if we thus examined ourselves on this subject, would not many of us have to own that the Lord might also have a controversy with us, and truly say, “Ye have robbed God”? (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Will a man rob God? But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? In tithes and heave-offerings.

W. Kelly Translation

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Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.