LEB(i)
1 "And so then, O priests, this command is for you:
2 If you will not listen, and if you will not ⌊take it to heart⌋* to give glory to my name," says Yahweh of hosts, "then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings; moreover I have already cursed them because ⌊you are not taking it to heart⌋.*
3 Look! I am going to rebuke ⌊your offspring⌋,* and I will scatter offal on your faces, the offal of your religious feasts, and you will be carried to it.*
4 "Then you will know that I have sent to you this command, that my covenant with Levi ⌊continues⌋,"* says Yahweh of hosts.
5 "My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. This required reverence, and he revered* me and stood in awe ⌊before⌋* my name.
6 The instruction of truth* was in his mouth, and wickedness was not found on his lips. In peace and in uprightness* he walked with me, and he brought back many from sin.*
7 For the lips of the priest should guard knowledge, and they should seek instruction* from his mouth, for he is the messenger of Yahweh of hosts.