Malachi 2:8

But ye have 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.

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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

7For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.

2 Kings 16:11And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

Psalms 18:21For 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 wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Isaiah 30:11Withdraw from the way, turn aside from 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 →

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