Malachi 2:8

But ye are departed out of HaDerech; 1 ye have caused rabbim to fall into a michshol (stumbling block) at the torah (teaching); 1 ye have corrupted the Brit of Levi, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 kohenʼs lips should preserve da'as, 1 and they should seek torah at his mouth: 1 for he is the malach Hashem Tzva'os. 1

9Therefore have I also made you 1 contemptible and shefalim before kol HaAm 1 because ye have not been shomrim of darkhei of Me, 1 but have shown partiality in torah. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:15Neither shall he profane his zera among his people; for I Hashem do set him apart as kodesh.

1 Samuel 2:24Nay, my banim; for it is no good report that I hear; ye make Am Hashem to transgress.

2 Kings 16:11And Uriyah HaKohen built the mizbe'ach according to all that HaMelech Achaz had sent from Damascus; so Uriyah HaKohen constructed it before HaMelech Achaz came from Damascus.

Psalms 18:21Hashem dealt with me according to my tzedek; 1 according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me. 1

Proverbs 12:8An ish shall be commended according to his seichel, 1 but he that is of a perverse mind shall be despised. 1

Isaiah 30:11Get you off the derech, 1 turn aside out of the orach (path), 1 cause Kadosh Yisroel to cease from before us. 1

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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