Malachi 2:5

Easy To Read Version

\{The Lord said,\} “I made that Agreement with Levi. I promised to give him life and peace—and I gave those things to him! Levi respected me! He showed honor to my name!

Cross References

Psalm 61:5

God, you heard what I promised to give you.\par But everything your worshipers have comes from you.\par

Proverbs 14:2

The person who lives right respects the Lord. But the person who is not honest hates the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:25

“And I will make a peace agreement with my sheep. I will take harmful animals away from the land. Then the sheep can be safe in the desert and sleep in the woods.

Ezekiel 37:26

And I will make a peace agreement with them. This agreement will continue forever. I agree to give them their land. I agree to make them become many, many people. And I agree to put my holy place among them forever.

Numbers 25:7

Phinehas was the son of Eleazar and the grandson of Aaron the priest. Phinehas saw this man bring the woman into camp. So Phinehas left the meeting and got his spear.

Numbers 25:8

He followed the Israelite man into the tent. Then he used the spear to kill the Israelite man and the Midianite woman in her tent. [314] He pushed the spear through both of their bodies. At that time, there was a great sickness among the Israelite people. But when Phinehas killed these two people, the sickness stopped.

Numbers 3:45

“I, the Lord, give this command: ‘Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn [45] men from the other families of Israel. And I will take the animals of the Levites instead of the animals of the other people. The Levites are mine.

Numbers 8:15

“So make the Levite people pure. [130] And give them to the Lord. They will be like a wave offering. After you do this they can come and do their work at the Meeting Tent. [131]