4 And you will know that I have sent this command to you, that My covenant with Levi may remain, says the Lord of Hosts.
5 My covenant with him was for life and peace, and I gave them to him. With awe he feared Me, and he was reverent before My name.
6 True instruction was in his mouth, and injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and with uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
7 For a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
8 But you have departed from the way. You have caused many to stumble at the law. You have violated the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of Hosts.
9 So I have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in the law.
10 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?