^{8 Ref} Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!

^{9 Ref} With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving -- this nation -- all of it.

^{10 Ref} Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

^{11 Ref} And I have pushed for you against the consumer, And He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, Nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

^{8 Ref} Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

^{9 Ref} Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.

^{10 Ref} Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough `to receive it'.

^{11 Ref} And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.

^{8 Ref} Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.

^{9 Ref} You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.

^{10 Ref} Bring the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

^{11 Ref} I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field," says Yahweh of Hosts.