Malachi 2:7
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588שִׂפְתֵיsiftei[the] lips ofH8193כֹהֵןkhohena priestH3548יִשְׁמְרוּ־yishmeru-they will preserveH8104דַעַתda'atknowledgeH1847וְתוֹרָהvetorahand instructionH8451יְבַקְשׁוּyevakshupeople will seekH1245מִפִּיהוּmipihufrom mouth hisH6310כִּיkiforH3588מַלְאַךְmal'akh[is] [the] messenger ofH4397יְהוָה־yahweh-YahwehH3068צְבָאוֹתtzeva'otof hostsH6635הוּא׃hu'heH1931
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- John 13:20Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”
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