⁸ “Will a man rob^[a] God? For you are robbing Me!”

But you say: “How have we robbed You?”

“In the tithe and the offering. ⁹ You have been cursed with the curse, yet you keep robbing Me—the whole nation! ¹⁰ Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse. Then there will be food in My House. Now test Me in this”—says Adonai-Tzva’ot—“if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out blessing for you, until no one is without enough. ¹¹ I will rebuke the devouring pest for you, so it will not destroy the fruit of your land, nor will your vine be barren in the field,” Adonai-Tzva’ot says. ¹² “All the nations will call you blessed. For you will be a land of delight,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.

²⁸ The one who steals must steal no longer—instead he must work, doing something useful with his own hands, so he may have something to share with the one who has need.