New American Standard Bible 1995
Malachi 2:4-7
4Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, 1that My 2covenant may 3continue with Levi,” says the Lord of hosts.
5“My covenant with him was one of life and 4peace, and I gave them to him as an object of 5reverence; so he 67revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
689True instruction was in his mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked 10with Me in peace and uprightness, and he 11turned many back from iniquity.
7For the lips of a priest should preserve 12knowledge, and 13men should 14seek 15instruction from his mouth; for he is the 16messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Notes
- 1. Malachi 2:4 Or to be My covenant with ↩
- 2. Malachi 2:4 Num 3:11-13, 45; 18:21; Neh 13:29; Mal 3:1 ↩
- 3. Malachi 2:4 Lit be ↩
- 4. Malachi 2:5 Num 25:12 ↩
- 5. Malachi 2:5 Or fear ↩
- 6. Malachi 2:5 Or feared ↩
- 7. Malachi 2:5 Num 25:7, 8, 13 ↩
- 8. Malachi 2:6 Or Law of truth ↩
- 9. Malachi 2:6 Ps 119:142, 151, 160 ↩
- 10. Malachi 2:6 Deut 33:8, 9; Ps 37:37 ↩
- 11. Malachi 2:6 Jer 23:22 ↩
- 12. Malachi 2:7 Lev 10:11; Neh 8:7 ↩
- 13. Malachi 2:7 Lit they ↩
- 14. Malachi 2:7 Num 27:21; Deut 17:8-11; Jer 18:18; Ezek 7:26 ↩
- 15. Malachi 2:7 Or law ↩
- 16. Malachi 2:7 Hag 1:13 ↩
Commentaries on Malachi 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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