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Verse Malachi 2:4. _THIS COMMANDMENT_] That in the _first_ verse; to
drive such priests from his presence and his service.
_THAT MY COVENANT MIGHT BE WITH LEVI_] I gave the priesthood and the
service...
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AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I HAVE SENT THIS COMMANDMENT UNTO YOU: - this,
which He had just uttered. They who believe not God when threatening,
know that He is in earnest and not to be trifled with, throu...
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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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BE. contiuue....
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_might be_ i.e. might _continue_(_porro staret_. Maurer). Whether they
heard, or whether they forbore, they should learn in the issue, that
God had sent them "this commandment" to repent on penalty of...
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_THIS COMMANDMENT IS FOR YOU - MALACHI 2:1-6:_ The priests must accept
and respect God's commandments. These teachings applied to them just
as they applied to the people. The priests had not done well...
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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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And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my
covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I HAVE SENT THIS COMMANDMENT UNTO YOU, THAT MY
COV...
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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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II.
(1-9) The decree against the priests....
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COMMANDMENT. — Or rather, _decree,_ as in Malachi 2:1.
THAT MY COVENANT MIGHT BE. — Better, _to be my covenant_ — _i.e.,_
so that this new decree, which I have been compelled to make against
the hous...
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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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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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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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And ye shall know that I have (f) sent this commandment unto you, that
my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
(f) The Priests objected against the Prophet that he could not remove
t...
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_Levi. When this tribe was chosen does not appear. Some think that he
alludes to the renewing of the covenant under Nehemias, which seems
best, 2 Esdras ix. 1, 38. I then promised you life, &c. (Calme...
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We have an authority in the opening of this message, to refer it to
the priests of the Jewish dispensation. But, I think, without
violence, though the priests, as leaders in the temple service, are
fi...
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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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Here he addresses in particular the priests; for though the whole
people with great haughtiness resisted God, yet the priests surpassed
them. And we know how ready men are to turn to evil whatever ben...
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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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AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I HAVE SENT THIS COMMANDMENT UNTO YOU,....
Malachi 2:1:
THAT MY COVENANT MIGHT BE WITH LEVI, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS; not that
the ceremonial law might be confirmed and establi...
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And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my
covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Ver. 4. _And ye shall know that I have sent, &c._] That is, ye shall
know b...
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_O ye priests, this commandment is for you_ Or _decree_, rather, for
properly speaking no commandment is here given to the priests, only
punishment is denounced upon them if they did not repent. _If y...
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CONCLUSION OF THE REBUKE TO THE PRIESTS...
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And ye shall know, by the token of this punishment, that I have sent
this commandment unto you, this decree of punishment, which they
thought they might so calmly disregard, THAT MY COVENANT MIGHT BE...
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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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AND YE, O priests, SHALL KNOW, by sense and feeling, by woeful
experience; or, know ye, i.e. but what I speak now, and will do among
you. I have sent this commandment; admonition, reproof, and
exhorta...
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Malachi 2:4 know H3045 (H8804) sent H7971 (H8765) commandment H4687
covenant H1285 Levi H3878 Says H559 ...
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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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_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.] The charge is still urged against the priests, who
are warned if they do not reform they will be deprived of enjoyments,
and made objects of shame.
MALACHI 2:2. A] Lit. _the_ curse de...
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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 Kings 22:25; Ezekiel 20:38; Ezekiel 33:33; Ezekiel 38:23;...
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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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My covenant — If you will not confirm, and keep Levi's covenant
among you, I will make it firm on my part, by punishing the violators
of it....