But you are departed out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, said the LORD of hosts. Treasury of Scripture ye are. Psalm 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. Psalm 119:102 I have not departed from your judgments: for you have taught me. Isaiah 30:11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. Isaiah 59:13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt... Jeremiah 17:5,13 Thus said the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the LORD... Ezekiel 44:10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols... Daniel 9:5,6 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled... Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. ye have caused. Malachi 2:9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways... 1 Samuel 2:17,24,30 Why the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD... Isaiah 9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. Jeremiah 18:15 Because my people has forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity... Jeremiah 23:11-15 For both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, said the LORD... Matthew 15:2-5 Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread... Luke 11:45,46 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said to him, Master, thus saying you reproach us also... Romans 2:19-24 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness... Romans 14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak. stumble at. or, fall in. ye have corrupted. Malachi 2:5,10 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me, and was afraid before my name... Leviticus 21:15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. Nehemiah 13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Context A Warning to Priests
1And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you. 2If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, said the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings: yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart. 3Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. 4And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, said the LORD of hosts. 5My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me, and was afraid before my name. 6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 7For 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. 8But you are departed out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, said the LORD of hosts. 9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
Darby Bible Translation
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 Jehovah of hosts.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
And ye, ye have turned from the way, Ye have caused many to stumble in the law, Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
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