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He will make the Levites clean. He will make them pure, like silver is made pure with fire! He will make them pure like gold and silver. Then they will bring gifts to the Lord, and they will do things the right way. Then the Lord will accept the gifts from Judah and Jerusalem. It will be as it was in the past—as the time long ago. Then I will bring you to justice. I will be an expert witness and testify about the evil things people do. I will speak out against those who do evil magic or commit adultery. I will speak out against those who make false promises and cheat their workers and don’t pay them the money they promised. I will testify against those who don’t help strangers, or widows and orphans. And I will testify against those who don’t respect me.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

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He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;(A) he will purify(B) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.(C) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,(D) and the offerings(E) of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.(F)

“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(G) adulterers(H) and perjurers,(I) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(J) who oppress the widows(K) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(L) among you of justice, but do not fear(M) me,” says the Lord Almighty.

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