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, saith the LORD of hosts.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Leviticus 21:15And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him.
1 Samuel 2:24Nay, my sons; for it is no good report which I hear the LORD'S people do spread abroad.
2 Kings 16:11And Urijah the priest built an altar; according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
Psalms 18:21(18-22) For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Proverbs 12:8A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised.
Isaiah 30:11Get you 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 →