“ The LORD who rules over all says,‘ Ask the priests about the law.

“万军之耶和华如此说：你要向祭司问律法，

“万军之耶和华如此说，你要向祭司请教律法，说：

“万军之耶和华如此说，你要向祭司请教律法，说：

“万军之耶和华说，‘你去问祭司，

“万军之耶和华这样说：你要向祭司询问有关律法的事说：

萬軍之耶和華如此說：「你要向祭司問律法，

「萬軍之耶和華如此說，你要向祭司請教律法，說：

「萬軍之耶和華如此說，你要向祭司請教律法，說：

「萬軍之耶和華說，『你去問祭司，

“萬軍之耶和華這樣說：你要向祭司詢問有關律法的事說：

『萬軍之永恆主這麼說：你要向祭司問禮節的規矩說：

萬軍之耶和華云、問法律於祭司曰、

萬有之主耶和華曰、當問法於祭司曰、

萬有之主如是云、當問法於祭司、

“ This is what the Lord Almighty says:‘ Ask the priests what the law says:

The Lord who rules over all speaks. He says,“ Ask the priests what the law says.

“ Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests about the law:

“ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says. Ask the priests this question about the law:

“ This is what the LORD of Armies says: Ask the priests for a ruling.

“ The Lord of armies says this:‘ Now ask the priests for a ruling:

“ Thus says the Lord of hosts:‘ Now, ask the priests concerning the law, saying,

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

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

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

“ Yahweh of Armies says: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the LORD who rules over all.

as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,and to teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has spoken to them through Moses.”

Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.“‘ In a controversy they will act as judges; they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe my Sabbaths.

They will teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar.

He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been taught, so that he will be able to give exhortation in such healthy teaching and correct those who speak against it.

If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.