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1. And now, to you is this charge, O priests,
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1. And now H6258 , O ye priests H3548 , this H2063 commandment H4687 is for H413 you.
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2. If ye hearken not, and if ye lay it not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying it to heart.
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2. If H518 ye will not H3808 hear H8085 , and if H518 ye will not H3808 lay H7760 it to H5921 heart H3820 , to give H5414 glory H3519 unto my name H8034 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , I will even send H7971 H853 a curse H3994 upon you , and I will curse H779 H853 your blessings H1293 : yea H1571 , I have cursed H779 them already, because H3588 ye do not H369 lay H7760 it to H5921 heart H3820 .
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3. Lo, I am pushing away before you the seed, And have scattered dung before your faces, Dung of your festivals, And it hath taken you away with it.
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3. Behold H2009 , I will corrupt H1605 H853 your seed H2233 , and spread H2219 dung H6569 upon H5921 your faces H6440 , even the dung H6569 of your solemn feasts H2282 ; and one shall take you away H5375 H853 with H413 it.
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4. And ye have known that I have sent unto you this charge, For My covenant being with Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
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4. And ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I have sent H7971 this H2063 H853 commandment H4687 unto H413 you , that my covenant H1285 might be H1961 with H854 Levi H3878 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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5. My covenant hath been with him of life and of peace, And I make them to him a fear, and he doth fear Me, And because of My name he hath been affrighted.
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5. My covenant H1285 was H1961 with H854 him of life H2416 and peace H7965 ; and I gave H5414 them to him for the fear H4172 wherewith he feared H3372 me , and was afraid H2865 before H4480 H6440 my name H8034 .
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6. The law of truth hath been in his mouth, And perverseness hath not been found in his lips, In peace and in uprightness he walked with Me, And many he brought back from iniquity.
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6. The law H8451 of truth H571 was H1961 in his mouth H6310 , and iniquity H5766 was not H3808 found H4672 in his lips H8193 : he walked H1980 with H854 me in peace H7965 and equity H4334 , and did turn many away H7725 H7227 from iniquity H4480 H5771 .
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7. For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he is.
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7. For H3588 the priest H3548 's lips H8193 should keep H8104 knowledge H1847 , and they should seek H1245 the law H8451 at his mouth H4480 H6310 : for H3588 he H1931 is the messenger H4397 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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8. And ye, ye have turned from the way, Ye have caused many to stumble in the law, Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
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8. But ye H859 are departed H5493 out of H4480 the way H1870 ; ye have caused many to stumble H3782 H7227 at the law H8451 ; ye have corrupted H7843 the covenant H1285 of Levi H3878 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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9. And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.
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9. Therefore have I H589 also H1571 made H5414 you contemptible H959 and base H8217 before all H3605 the people H5971 , according as H6310 H834 ye have not H369 kept H8104 H853 my ways H1870 , but have been partial H5375 H6440 in the law H8451 .
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10. Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?
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10. Have we not H3808 all H3605 one H259 father H1 ? hath not H3808 one H259 God H410 created H1254 us? why H4069 do we deal treacherously H898 every man H376 against his brother H251 , by profaning H2490 the covenant H1285 of our fathers H1 ?
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11. Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
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11. Judah H3063 hath dealt treacherously H898 , and an abomination H8441 is committed H6213 in Israel H3478 and in Jerusalem H3389 ; for H3588 Judah H3063 hath profaned H2490 the holiness H6944 of the LORD H3068 which H834 he loved H157 , and hath married H1166 the daughter H1323 of a strange H5236 god H410 .
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12. Cut off doth Jehovah the man who doth it, Tempter and tempted -- from the tents of Jacob, Even he who is bringing nigh a present to Jehovah of Hosts.
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12. The LORD H3068 will cut off H3772 the man H376 that H834 doeth H6213 this , the master H5782 and the scholar H6030 , out of the tabernacles H4480 H168 of Jacob H3290 , and him that offereth H5066 an offering H4503 unto the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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13. And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand.
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13. And this H2063 have ye done H6213 again H8145 , covering H3680 H853 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 with tears H1832 , with weeping H1065 , and with crying out H603 , insomuch that he regardeth H6437 H413 not H4480 H369 the offering H4503 any more H5750 , or receiveth H3947 it with good will H7522 at your hand H4480 H3027 .
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14. And ye have said, `Wherefore?` Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife.
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14. Yet ye say H559 , Wherefore H5921 H4100 ? Because H5921 H3588 the LORD H3068 hath been witness H5749 between H996 thee and the wife H802 of thy youth H5271 , against whom H834 thou H859 hast dealt treacherously H898 : yet is she H1931 thy companion H2278 , and the wife H802 of thy covenant H1285 .
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15. And He did not make one only, And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what is the one alone! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.
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15. And did not H3808 he make H6213 one H259 ? Yet had he the residue H7605 of the spirit H7307 . And wherefore H4100 one H259 ? That he might seek H1245 a godly H430 seed H2233 . Therefore take heed H8104 to your spirit H7307 , and let none H408 deal treacherously H898 against the wife H802 of his youth H5271 .
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16. For I hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He who hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.
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16. For H3588 the LORD H3068 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 , saith H559 that he hateth H8130 putting away H7971 : for one covereth H3680 violence H2555 with H5921 his garment H3830 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 : therefore take heed H8104 to your spirit H7307 , that ye deal not treacherously H898 H3808 .
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17. Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?` In your saying: `Every evil-doer is good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,` Or, `Where is the God of judgment?`
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17. Ye have wearied H3021 the LORD H3068 with your words H1697 . Yet ye say H559 , Wherein H4100 have we wearied H3021 him ? When ye say H559 , Every one H3605 that doeth H6213 evil H7451 is good H2896 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , and he H1931 delighteth H2654 in them; or H176 , Where H346 is the God H430 of judgment H4941 ?
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