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And now ,
O ye (
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He speaks mainly to them ,
but under them he includes the people also .(:
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priests ,
this commandment [
is ]
for you .
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If ye will not hear ,
and if ye will not lay [
it ]
to heart ,
to give glory (
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To serve me according to my word .(:
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unto my name ,
saith the LORD of hosts ,
I will even send a curse upon you ,
and I will curse your That is ,
the abundance of God '
s benefits .
blessings :
yea ,
I have cursed them already ,
because ye do not lay [
it ]
to heart .
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Behold ,
I will corrupt (
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The seed you sow will come to no profit .(:
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your seed ,
and spread dung upon your faces , [
even ]
the You boast of your holiness ,
sacrifices ,
and feasts ,
but they will turn to your shame and be as vile as dung .
dung of your solemn feasts ;
and [
one ]
shall take you away with it .
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And ye shall know that I have (
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The Priests objected against the Prophet that he could not remove them without speaking against the priesthood ,
and the office established by God by promise .
But he shows that the office is nothing slandered ,
when these villains and dung are called by their own names .(:
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sent this commandment unto you ,
that my covenant might be with Levi ,
saith the LORD of hosts .
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My (
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He shows what were the two conditions of the covenant made with the tribe of Levi on God '
s part ,
that he would give them long life and felicity ,
and on their part ,
that they should faithfully serve him according to his word .(:
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covenant was with him of life and peace ;
and I I commanded Levi a certain law to serve me .
gave them to him [
for ]
the fear wherewith he feared me ,
and was afraid before He served me and set forth my glory with all humility and submission .
my name .
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The law of (
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He shows that the priests ought to have knowledge to instruct others in the word of the Lord .(:
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truth was in his mouth ,
and iniquity was not found in his lips :
he walked with me in peace and equity ,
and did turn many away from iniquity .
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For the priest '
s (
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He is as the treasure house of God '
s word ,
and ought to give to everyone according to their need ,
and not to reserve it for himself .(:
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lips should keep knowledge ,
and they should seek the law at his mouth :
for he [
is ]
the Showing that whoever does not declare God '
s will ,
is not his messenger ,
and priest .
messenger of the LORD of hosts .
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But yee are gone out of the way :
yee haue caused many to fall by the Lawe :
yee haue broken the couenant of Leui ,
sayeth the Lord of hostes .
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Therefore haue I also made you to be despised ,
and vile before all the people ,
because yee kept not my wayes ,
but haue beene partiall in the Lawe .