Malachi 1:7

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

Le 2:11,; Le 21:6; De 15:21; 1Sa 2:15-17; Eze 41:22; Mal 1:12; 1Co 10:21; 1Co 11:21,22,27-32

¹ 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).