Book 26 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - MALACHI - Chapter 002
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And now, this commandment is for you, O ye priests
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If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart,
to give glory unto My name, saith HaShem of hosts, then will I send the curse
upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I curse them, because ye do not
lay it to heart
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Behold, I will rebuke the seed for your hurt, and will
spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your sacrifices; and ye shall be
taken away unto it
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Know then that I have sent this commandment unto you, that
My covenant might be with Levi, saith HaShem of hosts
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My covenant was with him of life and peace, and I gave them
to him, and of fear, and he feared Me, and was afraid of My name
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The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was
not found in his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and did turn
many away from iniquity
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For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they
should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of HaShem of hosts
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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 HaShem of
hosts
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Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before
all the people, according as ye have not kept My ways, but have had respect of
persons in the law
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Have we not all one father? Hath not one G-d created us?
Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the
covenant of our fathers
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Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is
committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of
HaShem which He loveth, and hath married the daughter of a strange god
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May HaShem cut off to the man that doeth this, him that
calleth and him that answereth out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth
an offering unto HaShem of hosts
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And this further ye do: ye cover the altar of HaShem with
tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that He regardeth not the
offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand
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Yet ye say: 'Wherefore?' Because HaShem hath been witness
between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt
treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant
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And not one hath done so who had exuberance of spirit! For
what seeketh the one? a seed given of G-d. Therefore take heed to your spirit,
and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth
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For I hate putting away, saith HaShem, the G-d of Israel,
and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith HaShem of hosts;
therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously
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Ye have wearied HaShem with your words. Yet ye say:
'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil is
good in the sight of HaShem, and He delighteth in them; or where is the G-d of
justice?
Book 26 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - MALACHI - Chapter 002
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