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Malachi 2:7

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7“For the lips of a priest should keep aknowledge, and 1men should bseek 2instruction from his mouth; for he is the cmessenger of Yahweh of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit they
  2. 2Or law

Cross references

  1. aLev 10:11; Neh 8:7
  2. bNum 27:21; Deut 17:8–11; Jer 18:18; Ezek 7:26
  3. cHag 1:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.

NLTNew Living Translation

“The words of a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the lips of the priest should guard knowledge, and they should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of Yahweh of hosts.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.