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Midrash for Hosea 4:4

אַ֥ךְ אִ֛ישׁ אַל־יָרֵ֖ב וְאַל־יוֹכַ֣ח אִ֑ישׁ וְעַמְּךָ֖ כִּמְרִיבֵ֥י כֹהֵֽן׃

Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; For thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)

R. Juda said in the name of Samuel: "Pashur, the son of Immer the priest [referred in Jer. 20, 1] had four hundred servants and according to others four thousand servants, all of whom were involved in priestly intermarriages, and every insolent priest is the descendent of none else than of the above servants. This differs from the opinion of R. Elazar, who said: "If thou seest an insolent priest, do not think evil of him, for it it said (Hos. 4, 4) Thy people are as they that strive with the priest."
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