Malachi 2:5

New International Reader's Version

“My covenant promised Levi life and peace. So I gave them to him. I required him to respect me. And he had great respect for my name.

Cross References

Psalm 61:5

God, you have heard my promises. You have given me what belongs to those who worship you.

Proverbs 14:2

Whoever has respect for the Lord lives a good life. But those who hate him walk down an evil path.

Ezekiel 34:25

“I will make a covenant with them. It promises to give them peace. I will get rid of the wild animals in the land. Then my sheep can live safely in the desert. They can sleep in the forests.

Ezekiel 37:26

I will make a covenant with them. It promises to give them peace. The covenant will last forever. I will make them my people. And I will cause there to be many of them. I will put my temple among them forever.

Numbers 25:7

Phinehas was a priest. He was the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron. When Phinehas saw what had happened, he left the people. He took a spear in his hand.

Numbers 25:8

He followed the man into the tent. Phinehas stuck the spear through the man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the Lord stopped the plague against the Israelites.

Numbers 3:45

“Take the Levites in place of all the males born first in Israel. Also take the livestock of the Levites in place of the livestock of Israel. The Levites belong to me. I am the Lord.

Numbers 8:15

“Make the Levites pure. Give them to me as a wave offering. Then they must come to do their work at the tent of meeting.