Malachi 2:4

4 You will know that I have given you a warning. I have warned you so that my covenant with Levi will continue," says the LORD who rules over all.

Malachi 2:4 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 2:4

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto
you (See Gill on Malachi 2:1):

that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts;
not that the ceremonial law might be confirmed and established, on which the Levitical priesthood was founded; for it was the will of God that that should be abolished, because of the weakness and unprofitableness of it; but that the covenant of grace made with Christ, the antitype of Levi, with whom the true Urim and Thummim are, ( Deuteronomy 33:8 ) , who has a more excellent ministry and priesthood than his, might take place, be made manifest, and be exhibited under the Gospel dispensation; of which, and of the person with whom it is, an account is given in the following verses.

Malachi 2:4 In-Context

2 Listen to it. Honor me with all your heart," says the LORD who rules over all. "If you do not, I will send a curse on you. I will turn your blessings into curses. In fact, I have already done that because you have not honored me with all your heart.

3 "Because of what you have done, I will punish your children. I will smear the guts from your sacrifices on your faces. And you will be carried off to the dump along with them.

4 You will know that I have given you a warning. I have warned you so that my covenant with Levi will continue," says the LORD who rules over all.

5 "My covenant promised Levi life and peace. So I gave them to him. I required him to respect me. And he had great respect for my name.

6 True teaching came from his mouth. Nothing but the truth came from his lips. He walked with me in peace. He did what was right. He turned many people away from their sins.