before: Or, "before the messenger," hammalach, the priest whose business it was to take cognizance of vows and offerings. Lev 5:4-5; Gen 48:16; Hos 12:4-5; Mal 2:7, Mal 3:1; Act 7:30-35; 1Co 11:10; 1Ti 5:21; Heb 1:14
it was: Lev 5:4-6, Lev 27:9-10
destroy: Hag 1:9-11, Hag 2:14-17; 1Co 3:13-15; 2Jo 1:8