Deuteronomy 17:9-11

17:9 You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict. 17:10 You must then do as they have determined at that place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught. 17:11 You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.

Deuteronomy 33:10

33:10 They will teach Jacob your ordinances

and Israel your law;

they will offer incense as a pleasant odor,

and a whole offering on your altar.

Ezekiel 44:23-24

44:23 Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean. ¹ 

44:24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges; ²  they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe ³  my Sabbaths.

Hosea 4:6

4:6 You have destroyed ⁴  my people

by failing to acknowledge me!

Because you refuse to acknowledge me, ⁵ 

I will reject you as my priests.

Because you reject ⁶  the law of your God,

I will reject ⁷  your descendants.

Haggai 2:11

2:11 “The Lord who rules over all says, ‘Ask the priests about the law. ⁸ 

Malachi 2:7

2:7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him ⁹  because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.

¹ sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).

² sn For a historical illustration of the priest carrying out this function, see 2 Chr 19:9-11.

³ tn Heb “sanctify, set apart.”

⁴ tn Heb “they have destroyed” or “my people are destroyed” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).

⁵ tn Heb “Because you reject knowledge”; NLT “because they don’t know me.”

⁶ tn Heb “have forgotten”; NAB, NIV “have ignored.”

⁷ tn Heb “forget” (so KJV, NRSV); NLT “forget to bless.”

⁸ tn Heb “Ask the priests a torah, saying”; KJV “concerning the law”; NAB “for a decision”; NCV “for a teaching”; NRSV “for a ruling.”

⁹ tn Heb “from his mouth” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).