Malachi 2:5

God's Word

“I promised Levi life and peace. I gave them to him so that he would respect me. He respected me and stood in awe of my name.

Cross References

Psalm 61:5

O God, you have heard my vows. You have given me the inheritance that belongs to those who fear your name.

Proverbs 14:2

Whoever lives right fears the Lord, but a person who is devious in his ways despises him.

Ezekiel 34:25

“ ‘I will promise them peace. I will remove the wild animals from the land so that my sheep can live safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Ezekiel 37:26

I will promise them peace. This promise  will last forever. I will establish them, make them increase in number, and put my holy place among them permanently.

Numbers 25:7

Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, saw this. So he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

Numbers 25:8

and went into the tent after the Israelite man. He drove the spear through the man and into the woman’s body. Because of this, the plague that the Israelites were experiencing stopped.

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites to be substitutes for all the firstborn Israelites and the animals of the Levites to be substitutes for their animals. The Levites will be mine. I am the Lord.

Numbers 8:15

“Once you have made them clean and presented them as an offering, the Levites may come and do their work at the tent of meeting.