Malachi 2:4
2 If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
3 Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.
5 “My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
6 True 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 from iniquity.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- KJV
- And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
- WEB
- You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says the LORD of Armies.
- ASV
- And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- DARBY
- And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- BLB
- And you⁺ will know that I have sent to you⁺ this commandment, in order to continue My covenant with Levi,” says YHWH of Hosts.
- ÅB
- Da skal dere kjenne at jeg har sendt dere dette bud, for at det skal være min pakt med Levi, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
- OTB
- Da skal dere vite at jeg har sendt dere denne befaling for at min pakt med Levi skal fortsette,» sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
- B1930
- Da skal I kjenne at jeg har sendt eder dette bud, forat det skal være min pakt med Levi, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 3:12
“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,
Read in contextEzekiel 38:23
I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Read in contextEzekiel 44:9–16
This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
Read in contextLuke 10:11
‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’
Read in contextMatthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Read in contextJohn 15:2
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
Read in contextJeremiah 28:9
As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”
Read in contextNehemiah 13:29
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
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