Malachi 2:8
But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Leviticus 21:15He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.
1 Samuel 2:24Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress.
2 Kings 16:11And Urias the priest built an altar according to all that king Achaz had commanded from Damascus, so did Urias the priest, until king Achaz came from Damascus.
Psalms 18:21And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
Proverbs 12:8A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to contempt.
Isaiah 30:11Take away from me the way, turn away the path from me, let the Holy One of Israel 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 →