God, you heard what I promised to give you.\par But everything your worshipers have comes from you.\par
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! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My covenant [on My part with Levi] was to give him life and peace, because [on his part] of the [reverent and worshipful] fear with which [the priests] would revere Me and stand in awe of My name. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible My covenant with him involved life and peace, which I gave him, and also fear so that he honored me. He was in awe of my name. Catholic Public Domain Version My covenant was with him for life and peace. And I gave him fear, and he feared me, and he was afraid before the face of my name. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My covenant was with him of life and peace: and I gave him fear: and he feared me, and he was afraid before my name. |
God, you heard what I promised to give you.\par But everything your worshipers have comes from you.\par
The person who lives right respects the Lord. But the person who is not honest hates the Lord.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
“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]