Haggai 2:11 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests for a ruling: Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask now the priests to decide this question of law: American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, Common English Bible This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: Go ahead and ask the priests for a ruling: Catholic Public Domain Version On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of king Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius the king, the word of the Lord came to Aggeus the prophet, saying: |
Its priests have done violence to my teaching and have profaned my holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
They teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law; they place incense before you, and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
He must have a firm grasp of the word that is trustworthy in accordance with the teaching, so that he may be able both to preach with sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it.