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Malachi 2:5

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

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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

4You will know that I have sent this command to you, and that my covenant may continue to be with Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts.

6True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness and he turned many away from sin.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:26Then Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him.

Numbers 8:15After that, the Levites must go in to serve in the tent of meeting. You must purify them. You must offer them as a wave offering.

Numbers 18:8Then Yahweh said to Aaron, “Look, I have given you the duty of handling the offerings raised up to me, and all the holy offerings that the people of Israel give to me. I have given these offerings to you and your sons as your ongoing share.

Deuteronomy 33:8About Levi, Moses said: 1 Your Thummim and your Urim belong your loyal one, 1 the one whom you tested at Massah, 1 with whom you struggled at the waters of Meribah. 1

Psalms 106:30Then Phinehas rose to intervene, 1 and the plague subsided. 1

Ezekiel 34:25Then I will make a covenant of peace with them and remove the evil wild animals from the land, so that they will live securely in the wilderness and safely sleep in the forests.

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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