Malachi 2:4-7

English Standard Version

⁴ So shall you know that I have sent ^(A)this command to you, that ^(B)my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. ⁵ My covenant with him was one of life and ^(C)peace, and I gave them to him. ^(D)It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. ^6 (E)True instruction^[a] was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he ^(F)turned many from iniquity. ⁷ For ^(G)the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people^[b] should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.