Malachi 2:8

But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies.

Bible in Basic English

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 it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

9And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:15And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.

1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.

2 Kings 16:11And from the copy King Ahaz sent from Damascus, Urijah made an altar and had it ready by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus.

Psalms 18:21\18:20\The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

Proverbs 12:8A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

Isaiah 30:11Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.

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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