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Malachi 3:6-8
New American Standard Bible
Malachi 3:6-8
New American Standard Bible
6 “For [a]I, the Lord, (A)do not change; therefore you, the sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.
7 “From the (B)days of your fathers you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. (C)Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
You Have Robbed God
8 “Would anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In (D)tithes and [b]offerings.
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- Malachi 3:6 Or I am the Lord; I do not
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Malachi 3:6-8
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Malachi 3:6-8
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Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes
6 “I the Lord do not change.(A) So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.(B) 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away(C) from my decrees and have not kept them. Return(D) to me, and I will return to you,”(E) says the Lord Almighty.
“But you ask,(F) ‘How are we to return?’
8 “Will a mere mortal rob(G) God? Yet you rob me.
“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’
“In tithes(H) and offerings.
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