“This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Ask the priests for a ruling.

You must distinguish between the holy and the common, and the clean and the unclean,

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.

“If a case is too difficult for you—concerning bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults—cases disputed at your gates, you must go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.

They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob
and Your instruction to Israel;
they will set incense before You
and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

They must teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.

holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.

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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

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You must distinguish between the holy and the common, and the clean and the unclean,
They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob
and Your instruction to Israel;
they will set incense before You
and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
They must teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.

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