Malachi 2:8

But you have turned from my way. You have made many people to fall into sin. By your teaching you have broken the agreement with Levi, says the Lord Almighty.

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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

7A priest should explain the truth about God, they should go to him to be taught, for he is the Lord Almighty's messenger.

9So I have destroyed any respect you had, and humiliated you before all the people. For you have not kept my ways, and have shown favoritism in what you teach.

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:15so that he doesn't make his children unclean among his people, for I am the Lord who makes him holy.”

1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons, the report I hear about you from the Lord's people isn't good.

2 Kings 16:11So Uriah the priest built an altar following all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, completing it before King Ahaz returned.

Psalms 18:21For I have followed the Lord's ways; I have not sinned by turning away from my God.

Proverbs 12:8People are appreciated for talking sense, but those with perverted minds are despised.

Isaiah 30:11Stop telling us straight; go a different direction! We don't want to hear any more about 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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