CLV(i)
1 And now, for you is this instruction, priests."
2 If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart to give glory to My name, says Yahweh of hosts, then I will send among you the curse. And I will curse your blessings. And, moreover, I have cursed them, and I will annul them, for you are not taking it to heart, and it shall not come among you."
3 Behold Me rebuking your seed. And I winnow dung on your faces, the dung of your celebrations, and I carry you away with it."
4 And you shall know that I send to you this instruction to become My covenant with Levi, says Yahweh of hosts."
5 My covenant came to be with him of life and peace, and I am giving them to him for fear, and he is fearing Me. Yet in view of My name he is dismayed."
6 The law of truth came to be in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips. In peace and in equity he went with Me, and restored many from depravity."
7 For the lips of a priest shall keep knowledge, and the law shall they seek from his mouth, for the messenger of Yahweh of hosts is he."
8 Yet you withdraw from the way. You cause many to stumble at the law. You ruin the covenant of Levi, says Yahweh of hosts."