Mal 2:4-5 | ESV | STEP | So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts .

b ver. 8; Num. 25:12, 13; Neh. 13:29; [Num. 3:45]

Malachi 2:4-5

4 So shall you know that I have sent ^athis command to you, that ^bmy covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and ^cpeace, and I gave them to him. ^dIt was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.