¹⁷ then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,

⁹ and hast come in unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge who is in those days, and hast inquired, and they have declared to thee the word of judgment,

⁵ `And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh -- for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke --

⁷ For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he `is'.

² saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;

³ all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;