For thou, O God, hast heard my vows, thou hast given me the heritage of those who fear thy name.
Malachi 2:5 - Revised Standard Version My covenant with him was a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him, that he might fear; and he feared me, he stood in awe of 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. |
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows, thou hast given me the heritage of those who fear thy name.
He who walks in uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.
“I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will bless them and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation, and took a spear in his hand
and went after the man of Israel into the inner room, and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman, through her body. Thus the plague was stayed from the people of Israel.
“Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
And after that the Levites shall go in to do service at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering.