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2:1 “Now <06258>, you priests <03548>, this <02063> commandment <04687> is for you. 2:2 If <0518> you do not <03808> listen <08085> and take <07760> seriously <03820> <05921> the need <05414> to honor <03519> my name <08034>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635>, “I will send <07971> judgment <0779> on you and turn your blessings <01293> into curses <03994>– indeed <01571>, I have already done so because <03588> you are not <0369> taking <07760> it to <05921> heart <03820>. 2:3 I am about to discipline <01605> your children <02233> and will spread <02219> offal <06569> on <05921> your faces <06440>, the very offal <06569> produced at your festivals <02282>, and you will be carried away <05375> along with <0413> it. 2:4 Then you will know <03045> that <03588> I sent <07971> this <02063> commandment <04687> to <0413> you so that my covenant <01285> may continue <01961> to be with <0854> Levi <03878>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635>. 2:5 “My covenant <01285> with <0854> him was <01961> designed to bring life <02416> and peace <07965>. I gave <05414> its statutes to him to fill <04172> him with awe <04172>, and he <01931> indeed revered <03372> me and stood in awe <02865> before <06440> me <08034>. 2:6 He taught <08451> what was true <0571>; sinful words <05766> were not <03808> found <04672> on his lips <08193>. He walked <01980> with <0854> me in peace <07965> and integrity <04334>, and he turned <07725> many <07227> people away from sin <05771>. 2:7 For <03588> the lips <08193> of a priest <03548> should preserve <08104> knowledge <01847> of sacred things, and people should seek <01245> instruction <08451> from him because <03588> he <01931> is the messenger <04397> of the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635>.

• Mal 2:1-9 -- The Sacrilege of the Priestly Message

• Malachi, Prophecies of

  [ebd] The contents of the book are comprised in four chapters. In the Hebrew text the third and fourth chapters (of the A.V.) form but one. The whole consists of three sections, preceded by an introduction (Mal. 1:1-5), in which t...
  

• Malachi

  [nave] MALACHI Last of the minor prophets, Mal. 1:1. Reproves the church for its impiety, Mal. 1; 2; 3:7-15. Foretells the coming of the Messiah, Mal. 3:1-6; the judgments on the wicked and consolations of the righteous, Mal. 4:1...
  

• Minister

  [nave] MINISTER, a sacred teacher. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics; Call of; Character and Qualifications of; Charge Delivered to; Courage of; Duties of; Duties of the Church to; Emoluments of; Faithful, Instanc...
  

• Levites

  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• Peace

  [isbe] PEACE - pes (shalom; eirene): 1. In the Old Testament: Is a condition of freedom from disturbance, whether outwardly, as of a nation from war or enemies, or inwardly, within the soul. The Hebrew word is shalom (both adjectiv...
  [nave] PEACE. Exemplified By Abraham, Gen. 13:8, 9; Abimelech, Gen. 26:29; Mordecai, Esth. 10:3; David, Psa. 120:7. See: Charitableness; Nation, Peace of. Social Gen. 45:24; Lev. 26:6; Job 5:23, 24; Psa. 34:14 1 Pet. 3:11. Psa...
  

• Covenant

  [nave] COVENANT Sacred, Josh. 9:18-21; Gal. 3:15. Binding, Josh. 9:18-20; Jer. 34:8-21; Ezek. 17:14-18; Gal. 3:15. Binding, not only on those who make them, but on those who are represented, Deut. 29:14, 15. Blood of, Ex. 24:8. ...
  

• ANGEL

  [ebd] a word signifying, both in the Hebrew and Greek, a "messenger," and hence employed to denote any agent God sends forth to execute his purposes. It is used of an ordinary messenger (Job 1:14: 1 Sam. 11:3; Luke 7:24; 9:52), of...
  [isbe] ANGEL - an'-jel (mal'akh; Septuagint and New Testament, aggelos): I. DEFINITION AND SCRIPTURE TERMS II. ANGELS IN OLD TESTAMENT 1. Nature, Appearances and Functions 2. The Angelic Host 3. The Angel of the Theophany III. ANGE...
  

• Messenger

  [isbe] MESSENGER - mes'-en-jer: The regular Hebrew word for "messenger" is mal'akh, the Greek aggelos. This may be a human messenger or a messenger of God, an angel. The context must decide the right translation. In Hag 1:13 the pr...
  [nave] MESSENGER, Figurative Hag. 1:13; Mal. 2:7; 3:1; 4:5, 6; Matt. 11:10; Mark 1:2; Luke 7:27. Of Satan, 2 Cor. 12:7.
  

• Priest

  [ebd] The Heb. kohen, Gr. hierus, Lat. sacerdos, always denote one who offers sacrifices. At first every man was his own priest, and presented his own sacrifices before God. Afterwards that office devolved on the head of the famil...
  [nave] PRIEST. Before Moses Melchizedek, Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6, 10, 11; 6:20; 7:1-21. Jethro, Ex. 2:16. Priests in Israel before the giving of the law, Ex. 19:22, 24. Called angel, Eccl. 5:6. Mosaic Ex. 28:1-4; 29:9, 44; Num....
  

• Integrity

  [nave] INTEGRITY. Gen. 18:19; Ex. 18:21; Deut. 16:19, 20; Job 10:7; Job 13:15, 18; Job 16:17; Job 27:4-6; Job 29:14; Job 31:1-40; Psa. 7:3-5, 8; Psa. 15:1-5; Psa. 17:3; Psa. 18:20 2 Sam. 22:21. Psa. 24:3-5; Psa. 26:1-3; Psa. 69:4;...
  

• Impenitence

  [nave] IMPENITENCE. Lev. 23:26-29; Lev. 26:21 vs. 22-24.; Deut. 29:19-21; 1 Sam. 15:23; Job 9:2, 4; Job 24:13; Job 33:14; Psa. 7:11, 12 v. 13.; Psa. 10:3; Psa. 32:9; Psa. 50:17, 21; Psa. 52:1, 7; Psa. 58:3-5; Psa. 68:21; Psa. 78:8...
  

• Knowledge

  [nave] KNOWLEDGE Of good and evil, Gen. 2:9, 17; 3:22. Is power, Prov. 3:20; 24:5. Desire for, 1 Kin. 3:9; Psa. 119:66; Prov. 2; 3; 12:1; 15:14; 18:15. Rejected, Hos. 4:6. Those who reject are destroyed, Hos. 4:6. Fools hate, ...
  

• AWE

  [isbe] AWE - o: Fear mingled with reverence and wonder, a state of mind inspired by something terrible or sublime. In the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) it occurs in Ps 4:4: "Stand in awe, and sin...
  

• ANGELS OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES

  [isbe] ANGELS OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES - It is evident from the contexts of the various Biblical passages in which the word "angel" appears, that the word does not always represent the same idea. In such passages as Dan 12:1 and Acts ...
  

• Glorifying God

  [nave] GLORIFYING GOD Commanded, 1 Chr. 16:28; Psa. 22:23; Isa. 42:12. Due to him, 1 Chr. 16:29; for his holiness, Psa. 99:9; Rev. 15:4; mercy and truth, Psa. 115:1; Rom. 15:9; faithfulness and truth, Isa. 25:1; wondrous works, Ma...
  

• COVENANT, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] COVENANT, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - kuv'-e-nant (berith): I. GENERAL MEANING II. AMONG MEN 1. Early Idea 2. Principal Elements 3. Different Varieties 4. Phraseology Used III. BETWEEN GOD AND MEN 1. Essential Idea 2. Covenants R...
  

• INTERCESSION

  [isbe] INTERCESSION - in-ter-sesh'-un (pagha`, "to make intercession"; originally "to strike upon," or "against"; then in a good sense, "to assail anyone with petitions," "to urge," and when on behalf of another, "to intercede" (Ru...
  

• EZEKIEL, 2

  [isbe] EZEKIEL, 2 - II. Significance of Ezekiel in Israel's Religious History. Under the first head we will consider the formal characteristics and significance of the book; and the examination of its contents will form the subject...
  

• DUNG; DUNG GATE

  [isbe] DUNG; DUNG GATE - dung ('ashpoth, domen, peresh; skubalon, etc.): Nine different words occurring in the Hebrew have been translated "dung" in the Old Testament. The word used to designate one of the gates of Jerusalem ('ashp...
  

• CURSE

  [isbe] CURSE - kurs ('alah (Nu 5:21,23,17, etc.), me'erah (Prov 3:33; Mal 2:2, etc.), klalah (Gen 27:12,13); katara (Gal 3:10,13)): This word as noun and verb renders different Hebrew words, some of them being more or less synonymo...
  

• A Message for the Priests

  

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