Malachi 2:4

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

And ye shall know {H3045} that I have sent {H7971} this commandment {H4687} unto you, that my covenant {H1285} might be with Levi {H3878}, saith {H559} the LORD {H3068} of hosts {H6635}.

Then you will know that I sent you this command to affirm my covenant with Levi," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot.

Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 3:12 (5 votes)

    And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

  • Ezekiel 38:23 (4 votes)

    Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

  • Matthew 3:12 (3 votes)

    Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

  • John 15:2 (3 votes)

    Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

  • Jeremiah 28:9 (3 votes)

    The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, [then] shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.

  • Isaiah 26:11 (2 votes)

    LORD, [when] thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: [but] they shall see, and be ashamed for [their] envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

  • Isaiah 27:9 (2 votes)

    By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.