Malachi 2:4-9 "Then you will know that I have sent to you this command, that my covenant with Levi continues," says the LORD of hosts.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ "Then you will know that I have sent to you this command, that my covenant with Levi continues," says the LORD 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 Law of Truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and turned away many from iniquity. ⁷ For the lips of the priest should guard knowledge, and they should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. ⁸ "But you priests turned aside from the way, and by your teaching you caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. ⁹ And I have made you despised and cast out among all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have been partial in the law.