Passage

The covenant with Levi

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁵“My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.

Malachi 2:5World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Malachi describes a covenant of life and peace with Levi, together with reverence for God’s name.

To understand

The next verse adds truthful teaching, upright conduct and turning many away from wrongdoing. The description connects reverence with what comes from the mouth and how the person walks.

A question

How does the next verse give concrete form to the reverence described here?