Malachi 1:13 (WEB)
You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ And you have sniffed at it”, says the LORD of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says the LORD.
Fathers and councils · 2
Gregory of Nazianzus
“…offering these in fulfilment of a vow to the King of the universe, to wit, the lame and the sick, and the deformed, which are utterly profane and loathsome.” — editor's note: Ib. i. 13.
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Synod of Gangra (c. 340)
“(Mal. i., 7 and 13.)” — the author cites it
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