Malachi 2:12

man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.

the master and the scholar. wakener and answerer. Referring to the Temple watchers (Psalms 134:1).

tabernacles. tents.

offereth. bringeth near. Hebrew. nagash, as in Malachi 1:7; Malachi 1:8; Malachi 1:11; Malachi 3:3. App-43.

offering. a meal-offering. Hebrew. minchah. App-43.

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¹² The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the masterc and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.

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