Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? offer it to thy prince, if he will be pleased with it, or if he will regard thy face, saith the Lord of hosts. if ye offer the blind. Malachi 1:14 Cursed is the deceitful man that hath in his flock a male, and making a vow offereth in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles. Leviticus 22:19-25 To be offered by you: it shall be a male without blemish of the beeves, or of the sheep, or of the goats. . . . Deuteronomy 15:21 But if it have a blemish, or be lame, or blind, or in any part disfigured or feeble, it shall not be sacrificed to the Lord thy God. for sacrifice, Heb. Malachi 1:10,13 Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand. . . . Job 42:8 Take unto you therefore seven oxen and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a holocaust, and my servant Job shall pray for you: his face I will accept, that folly be not imputed to you: for you have not spoken right things before me, as my servant Job hath. Psalm 20:3 May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: and may thy whole burntoffering be made fat. Jeremiah 14:10 Thus saith the Lord to this people, that have loved to move their feet, and have not rested, and have not pleased the Lord: He will now remember their iniquities, and visit their sins. Hosea 8:13 They shall offer victims, they shall sacrifice flesh, and shall eat it, and the Lord will not receive them: now will he remember their iniquity, and will visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. Context The Polluted Offerings…7To you, O priests, that despise my name, and have said: Wherein have we despised thy name? You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say: Wherein have we polluted thee? In that you say: The table of the Lord is contemptible. 8If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? offer it to thy prince, if he will be pleased with it, or if he will regard thy face, saith the Lord of hosts.9And now beseech ye the face of God, that he may have mercy on you, (for by your hand hath this been done,) if by any means he will receive your faces, saith the Lord of hosts.… Cross References Leviticus 22:20 If it have a blemish you shall not offer it: neither shall it be acceptable. Leviticus 22:22 If it be blind, or broken, or have a scar or blisters, or a scab, or a dry scurf: you shall not offer them to the Lord, nor burn any thing of them upon the Lord's altar. Deuteronomy 15:21 But if it have a blemish, or be lame, or blind, or in any part disfigured or feeble, it shall not be sacrificed to the Lord thy God. Haggai 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying: Malachi 1:7 To you, O priests, that despise my name, and have said: Wherein have we despised thy name? You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say: Wherein have we polluted thee? In that you say: The table of the Lord is contemptible. Malachi 1:13 And you have said: Behold of our labour, and you puffed it away, saith the Lord of hosts, and you brought in of rapine the lame, and the sick, and brought in an offering: shall I accept it at your hands, saith the Lord? Lexicon “Whenוְכִֽי־ (wə·ḵî-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction you offer תַגִּשׁ֨וּן (ṯag·gi·šūn) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's Hebrew 5066: To draw near, approach blind animals עִוֵּ֤ר (‘iw·wêr) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5787: Blind for sacrifice, לִזְבֹּ֙חַ֙ (liz·bō·aḥ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice is it not אֵ֣ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle wrong? רָ֔ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil And when וְכִ֥י (wə·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction you present תַגִּ֛ישׁוּ (ṯag·gî·šū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5066: To draw near, approach the lame פִּסֵּ֥חַ (pis·sê·aḥ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6455: Lame and sick [ones], וְחֹלֶ֖ה (wə·ḥō·leh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2470: To be weak or sick is it not אֵ֣ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle wrong? רָ֑ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil Why not offer them הַקְרִיבֵ֨הוּ (haq·rî·ḇê·hū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7126: To come near, approach to your governor! לְפֶחָתֶ֗ךָ (lə·p̄e·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6346: A governor Would he be pleased הֲיִּרְצְךָ֙ (hă·yir·ṣə·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt with you or א֚וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if show you favor?” הֲיִשָּׂ֣א (hă·yiś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take asks אָמַ֖ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts. צְבָאֽוֹת׃ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign Additional Translations “When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Why not offer them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? said the LORD of hosts. And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts. For if ye bring a blind victim for sacrifices, is it not evil? and if ye bring the lame or the sick, is it not evil? offer it now to thy ruler, and see if he will receive thee, if he will accept thy person, saith the Lord Almighty. And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Present it now unto thy governor: will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts. And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. 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 to thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn't that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn't that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?" says Yahweh of Armies. And when ye bring nigh the blind for sacrifice, 'There is no evil,' And when ye bring nigh the lame and sick, 'There is no evil;' Bring it near, I pray thee, to thy governor -- Doth he accept thee? or doth he lift up thy face? Said Jehovah of Hosts. 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