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# For a priest's lips should keep knowledge
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Here knowledge is spoken of as if it were an object that a priest could keep. In this passage, the idea of "keep knowledge" implies communicating true knowledge about God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# seek instruction
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Here instruction is spoken of as if it were an object that people could look for. This can be restated to remove the abstract noun "instruction." Alternate translation: "want to be instructed" or "want a priest to teach them truly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# from his mouth
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Here "mouth" stands for what a person says. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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