1 And now, O priests, this commandment is for you.
2 If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart to give honor to My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse on you and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
3 I rebuke your descendants, and spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your solemn feasts, and you will be taken away with it.
4 And you will know that I have sent this command to you, that My covenant with Levi may remain, says the Lord of Hosts.
5 My covenant with him was for life and peace, and I gave them to him. With awe he feared Me, and he was reverent before My name.
6 True instruction was in his mouth, and injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and with uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.