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Mal.2.7

Malachi 2:7

KJV GOD

For 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.

A Warning to the Priests

Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:20
KJV
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

Ambassadors for Christ

Leviticus 10:11
KJV GOD
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

Restrictions for Priests

Numbers 27:21
KJV GOD
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

Joshua to Succeed Moses

Deuteronomy 17:8
KJV
¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

Courts of Law

1 Samuel 2:17
KJV
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

Eli’s Wicked Sons

The Sin of Eli’s Sons
2 Chronicles 31:4
KJV
Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.

Contributions for Worship

Ezra 7:25
KJV
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

Artaxerxes’ Letter for Ezra

Nehemiah 8:7
KJV
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

Ezra Reads the Law

Ezra Reads the Law
Proverbs 5:2
KJV
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Avoiding Immorality

Jeremiah 2:8
KJV GOD
The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Israel Has Forsaken God

Jeremiah 18:18
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¶ Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Another Plot against Jeremiah

Ezekiel 7:26
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Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

The Desolation of Israel

The Temple Profaned
Daniel 11:33
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And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

Kings of the South and North

Hosea 4:6
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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

God’s Case against His People

Zephaniah 3:4
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Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Judgment on Jerusalem

Haggai 1:13
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Then spake Haggai the Lord’S messenger in the Lord’S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.

The People Obey

Haggai 2:11
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

Blessings for a Defiled People