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Malachi 2:5

American Standard Version

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.

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Malachi 2:5 in other translations

“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.

Malachi 2:5 · World English Bible

Malachi 2:5 in context

  1. 3Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it.
  2. 4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
  3. 5My 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.
  4. 6The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
  5. 7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.