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Malachi 2:5

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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.

4 Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.

“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.

7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

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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.

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BSB
“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.
KJV
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.
WEB
“My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
ASV
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.
DARBY
My covenant with him was of life and peace, and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and trembled before my name.
BLB
“My covenant was with him—life and peace—and I gave them to him; fear, and he feared Me, and before My name he was in awe.
ÅB
Den pakt jeg hadde med ham, lovte ham liv og lykke; det gav jeg ham for at han skulle frykte meg, og han fryktet meg og var forferdet for mitt navn.
OTB
«Min pakt med ham var en av liv og fred, og jeg ga dem til ham som et tegn på ærefrykt; slik æret han meg og sto i ærefrykt for mitt navn.
B1930
Den pakt jeg hadde med ham, lovte ham liv og lykke; det gav jeg ham forat han skulde frykte mig, og han fryktet mig og var forferdet for mitt navn.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 25:12–13

    Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.

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  • Ezekiel 37:26

    And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.

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  • Ezekiel 34:25

    I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

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  • Numbers 16:9–10

    Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

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  • Exodus 32:26–29

    So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

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  • Numbers 18:8–24

    Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.

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  • Psalms 106:30–31

    But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

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  • Numbers 3:45

    “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.

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