Malachi 3:10 - Exposition

All the tithes; the whole tithe— not merely a portion of it. God is not served with partial service. The storehouse . The tithes were brought to the temple, and laid up in the chambers built to receive them (see Nehemiah 10:38 , Nehemiah 10:39 ; Nehemiah 13:5 , Nehemiah 13:12 , Nehemiah 13:13 ; 2 Chronicles 31:11 , 2 Chronicles 31:12 ). That there may be meat in mine house. That they who minister about holy things may live of the things of the temple ( 1 Corinthians 9:13 ; Numbers 18:21 ). Prove me now herewith . Do your part, perform your duties, and then see if I will not reward your obedience. Open you the windows of heaven . The expression implies net only the removal of drought by copious showers of rain, but the diffusion of heavenly blessing in large abundance. That there shall not be room enough to receive it; or, unto superabundance; Vulgate, usque ad abundantiam; Septuagint, ἕως τοῦ ἱκανωθῆναι , "until it suffice;" Syriac, "until ye say, It is enough." The Authorized Version retains the negation in the sentence, and perhaps comes nearest to the meaning of the original (comp. Luke 12:17 , Luke 12:18 ).