Malachi 2:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 For the lips of the priest should guard knowledge, and they should seek instruction[a] from his mouth, for he is the messenger of Yahweh of hosts. 8 But you, you have turned from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction;[b] you have ruined the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts. 9 “And in turn I have made you despised and humbled before all the people, inasmuch as you are not keeping[c] my way, but are favoring your own instruction.”[d]
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- Malachi 2:7 Or “law”
- Malachi 2:8 Or “the law”
- Malachi 2:9 Or “observing”
- Malachi 2:9 Literally “lifting faces in the instruction/law”
Malachi 2:7-9
King James Version
7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
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