Malachi 3:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸You people are robbing me, your God. And, here you are, asking, “How are we robbing you?”

You are robbing me of the offerings and of the ten percent that belongs to me.^[a] ⁹That's why your whole nation is under a curse. ¹⁰^(A) I am the Lord All-Powerful, and I challenge you to put me to the test. Bring the entire ten percent into the storehouse, so there will be food in my house. Then I will open the windows of heaven and flood you with blessing after blessing.^[b]

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Footnotes

3.8 the ten percent … to me: The people of Israel were supposed to give a tenth of their harvests and of their flocks and herds to the Lord (see Leviticus 27.30-33; Deuteronomy 14.22-29).
3.10 open the windows … blessing: This may refer to rain, since there seems to have been a terrible drought at this time.