They shall be (A)holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the (B)bread of their God; (C)therefore they shall be holy.

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21 And you shall not let any of your descendants (A)pass through (B)the fire to (C)Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

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11 and the priest shall burn them on the altar as (A)food, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

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But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;

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11 For (A)from the rising of the sun, even to its going down,
My name shall be great (B)among the Gentiles;
(C)In every place (D)incense shall be offered to My name,
And a pure offering;
(E)For My name shall be great among the nations,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

12 “But you profane it,
In that you say,
(F)‘The table of the [a]Lord is defiled;
And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.’

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 1:12 So with Bg.; MT Lord

Polluted Offerings

“A son (A)honors his father,
And a servant his master.
(B)If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
(C)Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’

“You offer (D)defiled food on My altar,
But say,
‘In what way have we defiled You?’
By saying,
(E)‘The table of the Lord is [a]contemptible.’

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 1:7 Or to be despised

(A)When you brought in (B)foreigners, (C)uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it—My house—and when you offered (D)My food, (E)the fat and the blood, then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations.

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11 (A)Depart! Depart! Go out from there,
Touch no unclean thing;
Go out from the midst of her,
(B)Be clean,
You who bear the vessels of the Lord.

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28 And I said to them, “You are (A)holy[a] to the Lord; the articles are (B)holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your fathers.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:28 consecrated

Therefore you shall [a]consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for (A)I the Lord, who (B)sanctify you, am holy.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:8 set him apart

12 And you shall not (A)swear by My name falsely, (B)nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

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And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:

‘By those (A)who come near Me
I must be regarded as holy;
And before all the people
I must be glorified.’ ”

So Aaron held his peace.

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44 So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also (A)consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests.

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36 (A)“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet:

HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

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