Malachi 1:8 meaning and explanation
When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
Malachi 1:8, Berean Standard Bible
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God is speaking through the prophet Malachi to the priests of post-exilic Judah, who have grown careless in temple worship. The law required unblemished animals (Leviticus 22), yet the priests were accepting blind, lame and sick beasts for sacrifice.
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