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Haggai 2:11

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Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
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  1. Leviticus 10:10–11Rank 1 from verse 11
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    10And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

    11And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

  2. Deuteronomy 33:10Rank 2 from verse 11
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    10They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

  3. Malachi 2:7Rank 3 from verse 11
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    7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

  4. Deuteronomy 17:8–11Rank 4 from verse 11
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    8¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

    9And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

    10And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

    11According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

  5. Ezekiel 44:23–24Rank 5 from verse 11
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    23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

    24And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

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Haggai 2:11

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hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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10¶ In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

11Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

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12If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

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