Malachi 2:8

But ye are turned aside out of the way. Ye have caused many to stumble in the law. Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says LORD of hosts.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth. For he is the messenger of LORD of hosts.

9Therefore I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:15And he shall not profane his seed among his people, for I am LORD who sanctifies him.

1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons, for it is no good report that I hear. Ye make LORD's people to transgress.

2 Kings 16:11And Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it until the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.

Psalms 18:21For I have kept the ways of LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Proverbs 12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Isaiah 30:11You get out of the way. Turn aside out of the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 2:2-10

The Office of the Priesthood; Charge against the Priests; The Priests Censured and Threatened. ( b. c. 400.) 1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts;… Read the whole commentary →

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