Malachi 2:7 KJV — MannaFest

Malachi 2:7

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.

KJV

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ASV

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

WEB

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

YLT

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 .

DBT

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

About this book

Old Testament

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Malachi — The last Old Testament voice — a prophet in dialogue with a community grown cynical about covenant. ‘I am the LORD, I change not.’

Author: Malachi (1:1) — whose name means ‘my messenger’; possibly a personal name, possibly a title
Date: c. 430 BC, the late post-exilic period (contemporary with Nehemiah's second term)

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56 verses on the floor

2 Timothy 2:2
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Hosea 4:6
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.
2 Corinthians 5:20
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.
Ezra 7:10
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
2 Timothy 2:24–25
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

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The ordinance of marriage, which is common to the world of mankind, and was instituted for the maintaining and keeping up of that; this was profaned both by the priests and by the people, in marrying strangers (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

MAURER thus explains it; the Hebrew is, literally, "My covenant was with him, life and peace (to be given him on My part), and I gave them to him: (and on his part) fear (that is, reverence), and he did fear Me," &c. The former portion of the verse expresses the promise, and Jehovah's fulfilment of it; the latter, the condition, and Levi's steadfastness to it (De 33:8, 9).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Here is a memorial of the fidelity and zeal of many of their predecessors in the priest's office, which are mentioned as an aggravation of their sin in degenerating from such honourable ancestors and deserting such illustrious examples, and as a justification of God in withdrawing from them those tokens of his presence which he had granted to those that kept close to him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Hag 2:11). the law--that is, its true sense. messenger of . . . Lord--the interpreter of His will; compare as to the prophets, Hag 1:13. So ministers are called "ambassadors of Christ" (2Co 5:20); and the bishops of the seven churches in Revelation, "angels" or messengers (Re 2:1, 8, 12, 18;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Should keep knowledge - It is this that their office binds them to; it is the duty of all God's people to know his law, but the priest's duty to know it more than others.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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H4397213× in canon H8451219× in canon H1245225× in canon

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAL 2:72CO 5:20 EPH 6:20
MAL 2:72CO 5:20 LUK 14:23
MAL 2:72CO 5:20 LUK 10:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAL 2:72CO 5:20 EZE 18:31-32
MAL 2:72CO 5:20 JHN 20:21
MAL 2:71TH 4:8 1JN 3:24
MAL 2:7DEU 21:5 1CH 23:13
MAL 2:7LEV 10:11 MAT 28:20

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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