LEB(i)
4 "Then you will know that I have sent to you this command, that my covenant with Levi ⌊continues⌋,"* says Yahweh of hosts.
5 "My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. This required reverence, and he revered* me and stood in awe ⌊before⌋* my name.
6 The instruction of truth* was in his mouth, and wickedness was not found on his lips. In peace and in uprightness* he walked with me, and he brought back many from sin.*
7 For the lips of the priest should guard knowledge, and they should seek instruction* from his mouth, for he is the messenger of Yahweh of hosts.
8 But you, you have turned from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction;* you have ruined the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of hosts.
9 "And in turn I have made you despised and humbled before all the people, inasmuch as you are not keeping* my way, but are ⌊favoring your own instruction⌋."*