Malachi 2:5

"You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says the LORD of Armies."

Key Reflection

In the context of Malachi 2:5, the original audience would have recognized the importance of the covenant between God and Levi, the priestly tribe. This passage emphasizes that God’s command to maintain this covenant was made directly to ensure a continuous lineage of faithful priests. The historical setting highlights the expectation for the Levites to adhere strictly to the laws and maintain their role as intermediaries between God and the people, reflecting the ongoing necessity of priestly service in maintaining divine favor and protection.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

My covenant was with him life and peace; -literally “the life and the peace;” that, which alone is true “life and peace.” The covenant was not with Levi himself, but with Aaron, his representative, with whom the covenant was made in the desert, as is indeed here expressed; and, in him, with all his race after him, who succeeded him in his office; as, when it is said, that1 Chronicles 6:49, “Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering,” it must needs be understood, not of Aaron in person alone and his sons then living, but of any of his race that succeeded in his and their room. So our Lord promised to be with His ApostlesMatthew 28:20, “always to the end of the world,” i.

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