Malachi 2:4

And you will be certain that I have sent this order to you, so that it might be my agreement with Levi, says the Lord of armies.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

In Context

3See, I will have your arm cut off, and will put waste on your faces, even the waste from your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

5My agreement with him was on my side life and peace, and I gave them to him; on his side fear, and he had fear of me and gave honour to my name.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:12See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;

Numbers 18:2Let your brothers, the family of Levi, come near with you, so that they may be joined with you and be your servants: but you and your sons with you are to go in before the ark of witness.

1 Kings 22:25And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.

Isaiah 1:24For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

Isaiah 27:9So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.

Ezekiel 20:38Clearing out from among you all those who are uncontrolled and who are sinning against me; I will take them out of the land where they are living, but they will not come into the land of Israel: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

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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