Malachi 2:4-8

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4} Then you will know that I sent you this decree so My covenant with Levi^(A) may continue,” says the Lord of Hosts. ^{Tools
5} “My covenant with him was one of life and peace,^(B) and I gave these to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.^(C) ^{Tools
6} True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing wrong was found on his lips. He walked with Me^(D) in peace and fairness and turned many from sin.^(E) ^{Tools
7} For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.^(F)

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8} “You, on the other hand, have turned from the way.^(G) You have caused many to stumble^(H) by your instruction. You have violated^(a) the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of Hosts.

Footnotes:

a. Malachi 2:8: Lit corrupted

Cross references:

A. Malachi 2:4: Numbers 25:11-13; Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 33:8-11; Nehemiah 13:29; Jeremiah 33:17-22

B. Malachi 2:5: Proverbs 3:2

C. Malachi 2:5: Malachi 1:6

D. Malachi 2:6: Genesis 5:22; Genesis 5:24; Genesis 6:9

E. Malachi 2:6: Isaiah 53:6; Jeremiah 23:22; Ezekiel 3:19-20

F. Malachi 2:7: 2 Chronicles 36:15-16; Haggai 1:13

G. Malachi 2:8: Exodus 32:8; Deuteronomy 31:29; Malachi 3:7

H. Malachi 2:8: Proverbs 4:16; Isaiah 8:14-15