 | Lester L. Grabbe, Alice Ogden Bellis - Religion - 2004 - 244 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.' The latter verse is yet another indication that the priests are the ones with whom God concluded the... | |
 | Benedictus de Spinoza - Philosophy - 2005 - 429 pages
...despisers of the name of Crod, and then goes on with his invective aa follows (Mai. ii, 7, 8) : " For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. But ye are departed oiit-of the way ; ye have caused many to stumble at the law, ye have corrupted... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - Bible - 2005 - 626 pages
...in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 2:7 "For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they...mouth: for he (is) the messenger of the Lord of hosts, 2:8 "But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted... | |
 | Ronald L. Eisenberg - Commandments, Six hundred and thirteen - 2005 - 440 pages
...drinking wine, except when performing their sacred roles as priests and teachers. "The lips of the Kohen should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law...mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts" (Mai 2:7). The Kohanim also must be sober when deciding halachic issues affecting the daily life of... | |
 | Tom Nettles - Religion - 2005 - 162 pages
...practice. Malachi gives witness to how quickly the gains of reformation and restoration can be lost. "The priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth," the Lord told Judah. "But ye are departed out of the way" (Mai. 2:7-8 K}V). Even after the recent time... | |
 | Marsilius of Padua - Political Science - 2005 - 648 pages
...first signification) whether a crime imputed to a person is heresy or not. Hence in Malachi 2: 'For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth.' 6 For this is what the successors of the apostles, the bishops or priests, should be, since Christ... | |
 | Charles Foster Kent - Religion - 2005 - 345 pages
...uprightness, 65 And turned many away from iniquity. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, And men should seek the law at his mouth ; For he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts. But ye are turned aside out of the way; Ye have caused many to stumble in the law;... | |
 | Edward G. Palmer - Religion - 2005 - 358 pages
...Malachi 2:17 NJB "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." Malachi 2:7 Want an illustration of great apostasy from those who represent God? Consider the recent... | |
 | Dennis P. Hollinger - Religion - 2005 - 208 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. But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction. The last... | |
 | Judith L. Kovacs - Religion - 2005 - 392 pages
...Malachi, who says: For the lips of a priest will guard knowledge, and men will seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts (Mai 2:7). We are the judges of those priests who lead the people astray, as we are of the fathers... | |
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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. 
