| William David Davies, Louis Finkelstein - 1989 - 1178 pages
...mouth of Aher? Behold Rabba bar bar Hana said that R. Yohanan said: "What is the meaning of the verse 'For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the Torah at his mouth, for he is an angel of the Lord of hosts?' (Mal. 2.7). If the teacher is like an... | |
| Joseph R. Rosenbloom - 2006 - 206 pages
...iniquity. 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" (2. 6-7). It was up to God to accomplish this. Apparently, Malachi felt that the Levites weren't up... | |
| Lori Boteler - 2006 - 72 pages
...priests? Malachi 2:7 -"For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 4. Why has the Lord deserted His people? Malachi 2:14-16- Yet you say, "For what reason?" Because the... | |
| Nick Holden - 2007 - 298 pages
...book that deals with God's disgust over the attitude and actions of the priests in Malachi 's day. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. Malachi 2:7-8 The priests were called on by God to be His messengers to turn men from their iniquity.... | |
| Benedictus de Spinoza - 2007 - 429 pages
...as despisers of the name of God, and then goes on with his invective aa follows (Mai. ii, 7, 8) : " For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts." He further accuses them of interpreting the laws according to their own pleasure, and paying no respect... | |
| Linda McDaniel - 2007 - 208 pages
...your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. Mai 2:1,2 (KJV) For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of Host. Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have... | |
| Evelyn George - 2007 - 354 pages
...were to be a reflection of Jesus, our High Priest, who is God's Word to the people. Malachi 2:7-8 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted... | |
| Donald Louis Giddens - 2007 - 288 pages
...found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 7. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord (JHWH) of hosts. 8. But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law;... | |
| Philip Schaff - 2007 - 609 pages
...him be anathema." The phrase "of heaven" is purposly added, because priests are also called angels. "For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and...seek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger [angel] of the Lord of hosts." (Mai. ii: 7.) Lest therefore it should be thought that priests are here... | |
| Ethelbert Bullinger - 2007 - 293 pages
...priests ; but only by the prophets. " The priest's lips should keep knowledge and thev (the people) should seek the law at His mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts " (Mai. ."-7)Priests may be thankful that they were not entirely excluded from receiving the Divine... | |
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