Malachi 2:1-9
1“And now this commandment is for you, O priests. 2“If you do anot listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the Lord of hosts, “then I will send the bcurse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have ccursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart. 3“Behold, I am going to drebuke your ▼▼ Lit seed
offspring, and I will fspread ▼▼ Or vomit
refuse on your faces, the ▼▼ Or vomit
refuse of your ifeasts; and you will be taken away ▼▼ Lit to
with it. 4“Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, ▼▼ Or to be My covenant with
that My lcovenant may ▼▼ Lit be
continue with Levi,” says the Lord of hosts. 5“My covenant with him was one of life and npeace, and I gave them to him as an object of ▼▼ Or fear
reverence; so he ▼▼ Or feared
,
qrevered Me and stood in awe of My name. 6 ▼▼ Or Law of truth
,
s“True instruction was in his mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked twith Me in peace and uprightness, and he uturned many back from iniquity. 7“For the lips of a priest should preserve vknowledge, and ▼▼ Lit they
men should xseek ▼▼ Or law
instruction from his mouth; for he is the zmessenger of the Lord of hosts. 8“But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to aastumble ▼▼ Or in the law
by the instruction; you have ▼▼ Or violated
,
adcorrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts. 9“So aeI also have made you despised and afabased ▼▼ Lit to
before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing ahpartiality in the ▼▼ Or law
instruction.
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