Malachi 2:4

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Then you will know that I have sent this command to you so that My covenant with Levi may continue, says the Lord of Hosts.

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  • Num 3:12 : 12 I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine.
  • Num 3:45 : 45 Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of the livestock of the Israelites. The Levites shall be mine. I am the LORD.
  • 1 Kgs 22:25 : 25 Micaiah replied, 'You will find out on the day you go to hide in an inner room.'
  • Neh 13:29 : 29 Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood and breaking the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
  • Isa 1:24-28 : 24 Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "I will gain relief from My adversaries and avenge Myself on My enemies. 25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purify your dross as with lye and remove all your impurities. 26 I will restore your judges as at the beginning, and your counselors as at the start. Afterward, you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City. 27 Zion will be redeemed through justice, and her repentant ones through righteousness. 28 But rebels and sinners will be destroyed together, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 LORD, Your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; the fire reserved for Your enemies will consume them.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 By this, the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the altar stones like crushed chalk stones, and no Asherah poles or incense altars will stand.
  • Jer 28:9 : 9 But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the LORD only if his word comes to pass.
  • Ezek 20:38-41 : 38 I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against me. Even though I bring them out from the land where they are living, they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 39 As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward, you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols. 40 For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD, there the entire house of Israel, all of them in the land, will worship me. There I will accept them, and there I will require their contributions, their choice gifts, and all their holy offerings. 41 With a pleasing aroma, I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you were scattered. And I will show my holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
  • Ezek 33:33 : 33 When it happens—and behold, it will happen—they will know that a prophet was among them.
  • Ezek 38:23 : 23 Thus I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 44:9-9 : 9 Thus says the Lord GOD: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, shall enter My sanctuary—not even any foreigner among the people of Israel. 10 But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who strayed after their idols, shall bear their punishment. 11 They shall serve as ministers in My sanctuary, responsible for the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they shall stand before them to serve them. 12 Because they served them before their idols and caused the house of Israel to stumble into iniquity, therefore I have lifted My hand against them, declares the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their punishment. 13 They shall not come near Me to serve as priests or to come near any of My holy things or the most holy things; they will bear their shame for the abominations they have committed. 14 I will appoint them as caretakers of the temple to perform all its duties and all that needs to be done within it. 15 But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok who faithfully preserved the charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, shall come near Me to serve Me. They shall stand in My presence to offer fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD. 16 They alone shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall approach My table to serve Me. They will keep My charge.
  • Matt 3:12 : 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
  • Luke 10:11 : 11 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a warning to you. Yet know this: The kingdom of God has come near.'
  • John 15:2 : 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

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    5My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.

  • Mal 2:7-9
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    7For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.

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    9So I have also made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.

  • Mal 2:1-3
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    1And now, this command is for you, O priests.

    2If you do not listen and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not take it to heart.

    3Behold, I will rebuke your descendants and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your feasts, and it will be carried away with you.

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    8At that time, the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.

    9That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers; the LORD Himself is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Ezek 16:62
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    62I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Num 18:5-6
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    5You are to perform the duties of the sanctuary and the altar, so that no further wrath will fall on the Israelites.

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    9'And I will be a wall of fire around her,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be the glory within her.'

  • Ps 135:20
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    20House of Levi, bless the LORD! You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!

  • Lev 22:31
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    31Therefore, keep My commandments and follow them. I am the LORD.

  • Jer 33:21
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    21then my covenant with David my servant and my covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before me could also be broken, so that David would no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne.

  • Num 25:12
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    12Therefore tell him, 'I am giving him my covenant of peace.'

  • Num 18:2
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    2Bring your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, to join you and assist you while you and your sons serve before the tent of the testimony.

  • Deut 31:25
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    25he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

  • Jer 34:18
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    18The men who violated my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and walked between its pieces.

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    14In this way, you are to set the Levites apart from the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

  • Num 16:10
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    10He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near to Him, but now you are demanding the priesthood as well!

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    14Cursed is the deceiver who has a male animal in his flock and vows to give it, but instead sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the LORD of Hosts, and my name is to be feared among the nations.

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    21To the Levites, I have given every tithe in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

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    2Listen to the words of this covenant, and speak them to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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    4Which I commanded your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Obey my voice and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Deut 29:12
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    12He is confirming you today as His people, and He will be your God, just as He promised you and swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Heb 7:5
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    5Now the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood are commanded by the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—even though they too are descendants of Abraham.

  • Num 3:11
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    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Jer 27:4
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    4Give them this command for their masters: ‘This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: This is what you are to say to your masters:

  • Judg 17:13
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    13Then Micah said, 'Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because I have a Levite as my priest.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
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    35The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, 'Do not fear other gods, do not bow down to them, do not serve them, and do not sacrifice to them.'

  • 2 Chr 31:4
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    4He also commanded the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves fully to the Law of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 17:38
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    38Do not forget the covenant that I made with you, and do not fear other gods.

  • Exod 34:27
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    27The LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

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    20On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds of the sky, and the creatures that move along the ground. I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.

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    22Afterwards, the Levites came to perform their duties in the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did as the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites.

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  • Jer 17:4
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    4You will let go of your inheritance that I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land you do not know, because you have kindled a fire in my anger that will burn forever.

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    6Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may assist him.

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    29Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood and breaking the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

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