8 I reply, "People should certainly not [RHQ] cheat God; but you people have cheated me!"

You ask, "In what way did we cheat you?"

I reply, "You have cheated me by not bringing to me each year ◄the tithes/one tenth of all your crops and animals► and other offerings that you are required to give to me. 9 All that you do is cursed, because all you people in this country have been cheating me. 10 Now bring all the tithes to the storage rooms in the temple, in order that there will be enough food for the people who serve me there. If you do that, I, the Commander of the armies of angels, promise that I will open the windows of heaven, and pour out from them blessings on you. If you bring your tithes to the temple, the blessings will be very great, with the result that you will not have enough space to store all of them. So test me to see if I am telling the truth.