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Malachi 2:5

My covenant of life and peace was with him. And I gave them to him that he might fear, and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

In Context

4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi, says LORD of hosts.

6The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is on LORD's side, [come] to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

Numbers 8:15And after that the Levites shall go in to do the service of the tent of meeting. And thou shall cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.

Numbers 18:8And LORD spoke to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, even all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel. I have given them to thee by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, as a portion for

Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy holy man, whom thou proved at Massah, with whom thou strove at the waters of Meribah,

Psalms 106:30Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed.

Ezekiel 34:25And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 2:2-10

The Office of the Priesthood; Charge against the Priests; The Priests Censured and Threatened. ( b. c. 400.) 1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts;… Read the whole commentary →

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