1. “Priests, this command is for you.
2. Listen to me. Pay attention to what I say. Honor my name,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “If you don’t, I will send a curse on you and on your blessings. I have already cursed them, because you don’t pay attention to what I say.
3. “I will punish your descendants. I will smear your faces with the animal insides left from your feasts, and you will be thrown away with it.
4. Then you will know that I am giving you this command so my agreement with Levi will continue,” says the Lord All-Powerful.
5. “My agreement for priests was with the tribe of Levi. I promised them life and peace so they would honor me. And they did honor me and fear me.