Malachi 2:8
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But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
In other translations
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Hebrew words
וְאַתֶּםve'atemand youH859סַרְתֶּםsartemyou have turned asideH5493מִן־min-fromH4480הַדֶּרֶךְhaderekhthe wayH1870הִכְשַׁלְתֶּםhikhshaltemyou have caused to stumbleH3782רַבִּיםrabimmany [people]H7227בַּתּוֹרָהbatorahby the instructionH8451שִׁחַתֶּםshichatemyou have corruptedH7843בְּרִיתberit[the] covenant ofH1285הַלֵּוִיhalevi<the> LeviH3878אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068צְבָאוֹת׃tzeva'otof hostsH6635
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Related verses
- Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
- Jeremiah 18:15Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
- Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Isaiah 30:11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
- 1 Samuel 2:17Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
- Malachi 2:5My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
- Ezekiel 44:10And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
- Isaiah 59:13In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
- Leviticus 21:15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
- Isaiah 9:16For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
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People: Levi