Malachi 2:4

4 "Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My 1covenant may continue with Levi," says the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 2:4 In-Context

2 "If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the LORD of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
3 "Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
4 "Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My covenant may continue with Levi," says the LORD of hosts.
5 "My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him as an object of reverence; so he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
6 "True instruction was in his mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many back from iniquity.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Num 3:11-13, 45; Numbers 18:21; Nehemiah 13:29; Malachi 3:1

Footnotes 2

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