Charles Spurgeon Commentary Malachi 3:8

"Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings." — Malachi 3:8 (ASV)

Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me.

They were always ready to deny or question a just accusation, instead of letting it operate upon their conscience, so they asked about this charge.

But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

They had kept back from God's service the money which was necessary for carrying on the worship of his house. We read, in Nehemiah 13:10, that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field, for they could not live at Jerusalem, because the portions of the Levites had not been given them,—their supply of provisions having been stopped through the stinginess of the people who had thus robbed the Lord in tithes and offerings.