rsv Malachi:2:1-9 SEEK
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And now ,
O priests ,
this command is for you .
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If you will not listen ,
if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name ,
says the LORD of hosts ,
then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings ;
indeed I have already cursed them ,
because you do not lay it to heart .
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Behold ,
I will rebuke your offspring ,
and spread dung upon your faces ,
the dung of your offerings ,
and I will put you out of my presence .
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So shall you know that I have sent this command to you ,
that my covenant with Levi may hold ,
says the LORD of hosts .
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My covenant with him was a covenant of life and peace ,
and I gave them to him ,
that he might fear ;
and he feared me ,
he stood in awe of my name .
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True instruction was in his mouth ,
and no wrong was found on his lips .
He walked with me in peace and uprightness ,
and he turned many from iniquity .
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For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge ,
and men should seek instruction from his mouth ,
for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts .
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But you have turned aside from the way ;
you have caused many to stumble by your instruction ;
you have corrupted the covenant of Levi ,
says the LORD of hosts ,
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and so I make you despised and abased before all the people ,
inasmuch as you have not kept my ways but have shown partiality in your instruction ."