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Mal. 3:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offerh unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

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1 Peter 2:5• ⁵yourselves also as living stones are being builded up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5)

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Psa. 66:10• ¹⁰For thou hast proved us, O God,{HR}Thou hast assayed us as silver is assayed. (Psa. 66:10)

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Prov. 17:3• ³The crucible [is] for silver and the furnace for gold;{HR}But Jehovah trieth the hearts. (Prov. 17:3)

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Prov. 25:4• ⁴Take away dross from the silver,{HR}And there cometh forth a vessel for the finer. (Prov. 25:4)

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Isa. 1:25• ²⁵And I will turn my hand on thee and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy. (Isa. 1:25)

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Isa. 48:10• ¹⁰Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. (Isa. 48:10)

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Jer. 6:28‑30• ²⁸{i}They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.{/i}
²⁹{i}The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.{/i}
³⁰{i}Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.{/i} (Jer. 6:28‑30)

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Ezek. 22:18‑22• ¹⁸Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
¹⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
²⁰As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
²¹Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
²²As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you. (Ezek. 22:18‑22)

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Dan. 12:10• ¹⁰Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (Dan. 12:10)

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Zech. 13:9• ⁹And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. {i}They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.{/i} (Zech. 13:9)

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Luke 3:16• ¹⁶{i}John answered all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but the mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to unloose; he shall baptize you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;{/i} (Luke 3:16)

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Eph. 5:26‑27• ²⁶that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] by the washing of water in [the] word,
²⁷that he might himself present to himself the assembly glorious, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it should be holy and blameless. (Eph. 5:26‑27)

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Titus 2:14• ¹⁴who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:14)

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Heb. 12:10• ¹⁰For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit in order to the partaking of his holiness. (Heb. 12:10)

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1 Peter 1:7• ⁷that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perisheth though proved by fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:7)

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1 Peter 4:12‑13• ¹²Beloved, be not surprised at the fire among you that cometh for your trial, as though a strange thing were happening to you;
¹³but inasmuch as ye share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice exultingly. (1 Peter 4:12‑13)

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Rev. 3:18• ¹⁸I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire that thou mayest wax rich, and white garments that thou mayest be clothed and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifested; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:18)

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Mal. 1:6‑10• ⁶A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
⁷Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.
⁸And 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 Jehovah of hosts.
⁹And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us; this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.
¹⁰Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. (Mal. 1:6‑10)

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Mal. 2:1‑8• ¹And now, O ye priests, {i}this commandment is for you.{/i}
²{i}If ye do not hear, and if ye do not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will even send the curse among you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have already cursed them, because ye do not{/i} lay it to heart.
³Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
⁴And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
⁵my covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
⁶The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
⁷For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
⁸But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 2:1‑8)

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Isa. 61:6• ⁶But ye shall be named Priests of Jehovah: they shall call you Ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and into their glory shall ye enter. (Isa. 61:6)

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Isa. 66:19‑21• ¹⁹And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
²⁰And they shall bring all your brethren [for] an offering unto Jehovah out of all the nations upon horses and in chariots, and in covered wagons, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain, to Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.
²¹And of them also will I take for priests, for Levites, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 66:19‑21)

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Jer. 33:18‑22• ¹⁸neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
¹⁹And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,
²⁰Thus saith Jehovah; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
²¹then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
²²As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. (Jer. 33:18‑22)

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Ezek. 44:15‑16• ¹⁵But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith Jehovah God:
¹⁶They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. (Ezek. 44:15‑16)

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Rev. 1:6• ⁶and he made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him {i}be{/i} the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (Rev. 1:6)

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Rev. 5:10• ¹⁰and hast made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth. (Rev. 5:10)

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Mal. 1:11• ¹¹From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 1:11)

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Psa. 4:5• ⁵Sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness,{HR}And trust in Jehovah. (Psa. 4:5)

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Psa. 50:14,23• ¹⁴Sacrifice unto God thanksgiving{HR}And pay unto the Most High thy vows;
²³He that sacrificeth praise glorifieth me,{HR}And to him that ordereth [his] way will I show the salvation of God. (Psa. 50:14,23)

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Psa. 69:30‑31• ³⁰I will praise the name of God with a song,{HR}And I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
³¹And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox,{HR}A bullock horned [and] hoofed. (Psa. 69:30‑31)

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Psa. 107:21‑22• ²¹O that [they] might give thanks unto Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
²²And let them sacrifice sacrifices of praise{HR}And declare his works with singing. (Psa. 107:21‑22)

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Psa. 116:17• ¹⁷To thee will I sacrifice the sacrifice of praise,{HR}And on Jehovah's name will I call. (Psa. 116:17)

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Psa. 141:1‑2• ¹A psalm of David.{HR}Jehovah, I have called on thee: hasten for me.{HR}Give ear to my voice when I call to thee.
²Established be my prayer [as] incense in thy presence,{HR}The lifting up of my hands [as] the evening oblation. (Psa. 141:1‑2)

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Hos. 14:2• ²Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips. (Hos. 14:2)

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John 4:23‑24• ²³But an hour is coming and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for also the Father seeketh such as his worshippers.
²⁴God is a Spirit; and his worshippers must worship [him] in spirit and truth. (John 4:23‑24)

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Rom. 12:1• ¹I exhort you then, brethren, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your intelligent service; (Rom. 12:1)

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Rom. 15:16• ¹⁶in order to my being a minister of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, as a sacred rite ministering the gospel of God that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:16)

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Phil. 2:17• ¹⁷But if also I am poured out upon the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all; (Phil. 2:17)

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Phil. 4:18• ¹⁸But I have all things and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God. (Phil. 4:18)

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2 Tim. 4:6• ⁶For I am already being poured out, and the time of my departure is all but come. (2 Tim. 4:6)

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Heb. 13:15‑16• ¹⁵Through him then let us offer sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips confessing his name.
¹⁶But to do good and communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:15‑16)

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1 Peter 2:5,9• ⁵yourselves also as living stones are being builded up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
⁹But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:5,9)

• It is said that as a refiner of metals watches by the crucible until his face is reflected in the molten mass, so the Lord Jesus sits as the refiner and purifier of His silver until His own image is mirrored in it, and that this is the end and object of all His dealings with His people. (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)

• There can be no presentation of an offering to the Lord in righteousness, nor can the offering presented be pleasant, acceptable, to the Lord until the purification of His priests is effected. This in fact is also the teaching of the epistle to the Hebrews. (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he will purify the children of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah an oblation in righteousness.

W. Kelly Translation

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and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer them unto Jehovah an offering in righteousness.