Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
What does Malachi 3:10 mean?
The men of that generation turned away from God, they had not kept his ordinances. God gives them a gracious call.
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside Malachi 3:8-12 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithes - , not a part only, keeping back more or less, and, as he had said, defrauding God, offering, like Ananias, apart, as if it had been the whole; into the treasury, where they were collected in the time of Hezekiah and again, at this time, by the direction of Nehemiah, "so that there shall be food," not superfluity, in My house "for those who minister in the house of My sanctuary." Nehemiah 13:10-23 . "The Levites and singers had, before the reformation, fled every one to his field, because the portion of the Levites had not been given them.
Key words
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unto not enough.
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unto not enough.
Context in Malachi 3
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Malachi 3 belongs to the late movement of the book, especially the section often described as the coming messenger and the day of the Lord. Malachi rebukes dull worship, faithless living, and priestly corruption, while promising the Lord’s coming and the messenger who prepares the way. Read this chapter with the wider themes of worship, covenant love, and priesthood in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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