Malachi 1:8

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 unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.

Cross-references

Malachi 1:10 wishes the temple doors shut rather than accept such offerings — showing how utterly God rejects them.

Malachi 1:13 adds the contemptuous attitude behind bringing injured animals — they treat it as a burden.

In Malachi 1:14, the same condemnation appears — a curse on those who vow a male but sacrifice a blemished animal, reinforcing God's rejection of such offerings.

Malachi 1:12 continues the indictment: profaning the Lord's table by calling its food contemptible—same contempt for offerings.

Malachi 3:8 Parallel

Malachi 3:8 broadens the charge to robbing God in tithes—withholding proper offerings parallels giving blemished animals.

Leviticus 22:19-25 is the law explicitly forbidding blind, lame, or diseased animals — the very standard Malachi accuses Israel of violating.

Deuteronomy 15:21 repeats the prohibition: any defect disqualifies an animal for sacrifice — the same law Malachi holds against the priests.

Hosea 8:13 Parallel

Hosea 8:13 states God is not pleased with their sacrifices — directly echoing Malachi's complaint about unacceptable offerings.

Exodus 12:5 Parallel

Exodus 12:5 requires the Passover lamb to be without defect, establishing the standard Malachi's audience violated by offering blemished animals.

Leviticus 3:1 requires fellowship offerings to be without defect, directly contrasting with the blemished offerings condemned in Malachi.

Leviticus 22:20 explicitly forbids bringing any defective animal for sacrifice, directly condemning the practice Malachi criticizes.

Leviticus 22:22 specifically lists blind animals as unacceptable for sacrifice, exactly matching the first example Malachi gives of blemished offerings.

Leviticus 22:25 extends the prohibition to offerings from foreigners, reinforcing that no defective animal is acceptable for God.

Deuteronomy 17:1 calls offering defective animals detestable to God, directly reinforcing Malachi's condemnation of blemished sacrifices.