Malachi 2:8

But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Berean Standard Bible

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 lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

9“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:15so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.

2 Kings 16:11And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned.

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

Proverbs 12:8A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.

Isaiah 30:11Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”

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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