CHAPTER  24.    {See  Malachi  Z.)

1.  Akd  it  came  to  pass  that  he  commanded  them  tituit
they  should  write  tiie  words  which  the  Father  had  ^ven
unto  'M^^i^i*!*!  which  he  should  tell  unto  them.  And  it  came
to  nass  that  after  they  were  written,  he  expounded  them.
Ana  these  are  tiie  wordk  which  he  did  tell  unto  them,  saying
Thus  said  the  Father  unto  Malachi,  <*Behold,  I  will  send  my


moBoenger,  and  he  shall  prepare  the  way  before  me,  and  the
liord  wnoui  ye  seek  shall  ^suddenly  come  to  his  temple,
OTsn  the  uiessenf^er  of  the  covenant^  whom  ye  delight  in;
behold^e  shall  come,  saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts.
8l  But  who  may  <^bide  the  day  of  his  coming  ?  and  who
shall  stand  when  he  appeareth  ?  for  he  is  like  a  refiner^s  fire,
and  like  fullei^s  soap.
Sl  And  he  shall  sit  as  a  refiner  and  purifier  of  silver :
and  he  shall  purify  the  ''sons  of  Levi,  and  purge  them  as
gold  and  silver,  that  they  may  ofifer  unto  the  Lord  an  offer-
nig  m  ri^teousness.
4.  Then  shall  the  offering  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem  be
^asant  unto  the  Lord,  as  m  the  days  of  old,  and  as  hi
ionner  years.
»  #3ii^*  1—5?^  come  fnear  to  you  to  judgment ;  and
L.  jLi  *  ^^'^  witness  against  the  sorcerers,  and  against
tte  adulterers,  and  aminst  false  swearers,  and  against  those
ttM^ppress  t^e  hirelmg  in  his  wages,  the  widow  and  the

™™23!?li?^?  that  ton  aside  the  stranger,  and  fear  not
■M^  saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts.
a  For  I  am  the  Lord,  I  change  not ;  therefore  ye  sods
01  Jaooo  are  not  consumed.
