Leviticus 3:11

3:11 Then the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar as a food gift to the Lord. ¹ 

Leviticus 21:6

21:6 “‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane ²  the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts, ³  the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy. ⁴ 

Leviticus 21:8

21:8 You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, ⁵  am holy.

Malachi 1:7

1:7 You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask, ‘How have we offended you?’ By treating the table ⁶  of the Lord as if it is of no importance!

Malachi 1:12

1:12 “But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings ⁷  despicable.

¹ tn Heb “food, a gift to the Lord.”

² sn Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.

³ sn Regarding the Hebrew term for “gifts,” see the note on Lev 1:9 above (cf. also 3:11 and 16 in combination with the word for “food” that follows in the next phrase here).

⁴ tc Smr and all early versions have the plural adjective “holy” rather than the MT singular noun “holiness.”

⁵ tn The three previous second person references in this verse are all singular, but this reference is plural. By adding “all” this grammatical distinction is preserved in the translation.

⁶ sn The word table, here a synonym for “altar,” has overtones of covenant imagery in which a feast shared by the covenant partners was an important element (see Exod 24:11). It also draws attention to the analogy of sitting down at a common meal with the governor (v. 8).

⁷ tn Heb “fruit.” The following word “food” in the Hebrew text (אָכְלוֹ, ’okhlo) appears to be an explanatory gloss to clarify the meaning of the rare word נִיב (niv, “fruit”; see Isa 57:19 Qere; נוֹב, nov, “fruit,” in Kethib). Cf. ASV “the fruit thereof, even its food.” In this cultic context the reference is to the offerings on the altar.