Malachi 2:5

Translations

Modern

“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.

Traditional

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.

Literal

“My covenant was with him—life and peace—and I gave them to him; fear, and he feared Me, and before My name he was in awe.

Latin

Pactum meum fuit cum eo vitæ et pacis: et dedi ei timorem, et timuit me, et a facie nominis mei pavebat.

Original

Hebrew

English

“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.

Notes

Malachi 1:6–2:9

Malachi’s second message confirms the Lord as God and father of Israel. God alone deserves true worship.

The first part (Malachi 1:6–14) shows how the Israelites dishonored God despite his fatherly care and great power.

The second part (Malachi 2:1–9) warns the priests of Judah against sacrificing sick and defective animals and criticizes them for not teaching God’s instructions (2:6–8).

Theme notes and profiles

The Priestly Blessing

Events

Prophecies of Malachic. 442 BC

Related verses

Numbers 25:12–13
Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.
Ezekiel 37:26
And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
Ezekiel 34:25
I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
Exodus 32:26–29
So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
Numbers 16:9–10
Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
Psalm 106:30–31
But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
Numbers 8:15
After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
Deuteronomy 33:8–11
Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
Numbers 18:8–24
Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
Numbers 3:45
“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.

Glossary

Malachi, Book of Peace Priests and Levites

Topics

Adultery: Penalties For Covenant of the Levites Levites: Religious Zeal of Peace: Spiritual Spiritual Peace: Established by Covenant The Jews: had an Ecclesiastical Establishment

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