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FOR THE PRIEST’S LIPS SHOULD KEEP KNOWLEDGE - o “He assigns the
reason for what he had just said, the law of truth was in his mouth;
they had done what it was their duty to do; as in Ecclesiasticus it...
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THE REBUKE OF THE PRIESTS
CHAPTER 1:6-2:9
The priests, the religious leaders of the people, are described first
in their evil ways, and rebuked. But the rebuke includes the entire
people, for it is t...
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MALACHI 1:6 TO MALACHI 2:16. ISRAEL'S DISREGARD OF THIS LOVE. This
section falls into two parts, one dealing with the priesthood (Malachi
1:6 to Malachi 2:9),
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THE PRIEST'S LIPS, &c. This was the first duty of the priests, and was
more important than their ceremonial duties. Reference to Pentateuch
(Leviticus 10:11.Deuteronomy 17:11; Deuteronomy 33:10). App-...
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_THEY DEPARTED FROM GOD'S WAY - MALACHI 2:7-12:_ The priests of
Malachi's day talked a very religious talk but they did not obey God.
The priest should have been faithful to God. They represented Him...
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DISCOURSE: 1271
THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE
Malachi 2:5. My 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. The law of tr...
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ISRAEL IS UNFAITHFUL. Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:9
RV. A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master; if then I am
a father, whereis mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear?
saith Jehov...
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My 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.
He describes the promises, and also the conditions of the cove...
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2:7 seek (e-13) Or 'should seek.' messenger (f-20) _ Malach_ , i.e.
messenger or angel....
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2
The Degeneracy of the Priesthood
1. A reminder to the priests that they are to blame for the laxity
denounced in Malachi 1:13; Malachi 1:14. They are responsible for the
offering of fit victims, w...
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MY *MESSENGER
MALACHI
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 2
V1 ‘And now, priests, this command is for you. V2 If you do not
listen (to me)’ says the *LORD of Everything, ‘then I will send a
*curse on you...
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Comp. Deuteronomy 33:10.
KEEP. — Not as in a repository, but rather, _observe_ (Zechariah
3:7) — _i.e.,_ speak in accordance with the _knowledge_ of God, as
revealed in the Law.
MESSENGER. — Literall...
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II.
(1-9) The decree against the priests....
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כִּֽי ־שִׂפְתֵ֤י כֹהֵן֙ יִשְׁמְרוּ
־דַ֔עַת וְ...
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Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:1
PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW
"MALACHI" 1-4
BENEATH this title we may gather all the eight sections of the Book of
"Malachi." They contain many things of perennial i...
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3. THE PRIESTHOOD OF KNOWLEDGE
Malachi 2:1
In the third section of his book "Malachi" addresses himself to the
priests. He charges them not only with irreverence and slovenliness in
their discharge o...
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THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE COVENANT
Malachi 2:1-17
As a contrast to the disgraceful attitude which the prophet had
described as characteristic of the priesthood, he paints the picture
of the noble prie...
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In dealing with the priests, he declared their corruption, and
indicated the line of their punishment. He charged them with
profanity, in that they had despised the name of Jehovah; with
sacrilege, in...
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For the priest's (l) lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek
the law at his mouth: for he [is] the (m) messenger of the LORD of
hosts.
(l) He is as the treasure house of God's word, and ough...
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The angel, viz., the minister and messenger. (Challoner) --- Priests
must administer the sacraments, and likewise instruct the people,
being God's messengers. (Worthington) --- The Jews were well
acqu...
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The Prophet is commissioned again in these verses, to follow up his
former reproofs. The low and impoverished state of the Church, in the
ordinances, which rightly used to lead to Christ, are real ble...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The Lord has not been pleased to give us much express information of
the prophets in general, with the exception of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and
Daniel, and in a me...
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What the Prophet has said of the first priests he extends now to the
whole Levitical tribe, and shows that it was a perpetual and
unchangeable law as to the priesthood. He had said that Levi had been...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4.
The prophecy of Malachi deals with the people brought back from the
captivity of Babylon, and is most important as shewing the moral
condition of...
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FOR THE PRIEST'S LIPS SHOULD KEEP KNOWLEDGE,.... Or "shall keep
knowledge", as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; or "do keep
knowledge", as the Arabic version; and so the Syriac version, "for...
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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.
Ver. 7. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge] How else s...
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_For the priest's lips should keep knowledge_ Preserve and store up,
so as to distribute it. It is his duty to understand the meaning of
the law of God: and people ought to resort to him for instructi...
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For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, preserving the right
understanding of Jehovah among the people as a precious treasure, AND
THEY, the people, SHOULD SEEK THE LAW AT HIS MOUTH, to be instru...
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CONCLUSION OF THE REBUKE TO THE PRIESTS...
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1-9 What is here said of the covenant of priesthood, is true of the
covenant of grace made with all believers, as spiritual priests. It is
a covenant of life and peace; it assures all believers of al...
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Those forementioned excellent priests did so teach, and so live,
forasmuch as they did well consider it was their duty to be well
acquainted with, and to have a great insight into, the law of God. THE...
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Malachi 2:7 lips H8193 priest H3548 keep H8104 (H8799) knowledge H1847
seek H1245 (H8762) law H8451 mouth...
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CONTENTS: The message to the priests concerning their sins. The evils
among the people.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Malachi.
CONCLUSION: Woe to those appointed to be God's mouth to the people,
but...
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Malachi 2:1. _Oh ye priests if ye will not hear the Lord will send a
curse upon you._ Sins in the sanctuary are always put among the most
grievous sins. Eli's sons lost the ark, the Hebrew priests fil...
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_For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge._
THE PRIEST’S LIPS SHOULD KEEP KNOWLEDGE
There exists a broad and general analogy between the priesthood of the
Levitical, and the ministry of the evang...
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_My covenant was with him of life and peace._
UNSPEAKABLE BLESSINGS
The covenant which God made with Levi now belongs to all men. The
benign purposes in every ancient covenant find their fulfilment...
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_That My covenant might be with Levi._
THE MINISTER OF DIVINE TRUTH
I. As he always should be.
1. A man divinely called.
2. A man of profound reverence.
3. A man of moral truthfulness.
4. A man...
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MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 2:2 Since the priests failed to guard the
temple’s purity, the Lord threatens to punish them. Because they
“despised” (Malachi 1:6) the Lord’s NAME
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CRITICAL NOTES.
Malachi 2:6.] Levi preserved this fear in office and life. TRUTH]
Instruction in the law was in truth. INIQUITY] No injustice was
practised in his life, nor was truth perverted by self...
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EXPOSITION
MALACHI 2:1
_§ 4. For these derelictions of duty the priests are threatened with
punishment._
MALACHI 2:1
THIS COMMANDMENT. The threat or announcement is called a commandment,
because Go...
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Now He addresses Himself to the priests.
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. And if you will
not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my
name, saith the LORD...
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1 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Chronicles 17:8; 2 Chronicles 17:9; 2
Chronicles 30:22;...
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VITAL QUESTIONS
Malachi 1:1; Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Book of Malachi presents questions asked by God. In response,
instead of a direct answer, the chosen people, Israel, ask...
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Should keep knowledge — It is this that their office binds them to;
it is the duty of all God's people to know his law, but the priest's
duty to know it more than others. And they — The people....