Malachi 2:4-9 And ye knew that I sent this command to you, for my covenant to be with Levi, said Jehovah of armies.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ And ye knew that I sent this command to you, for my covenant to be with Levi, said Jehovah of armies. ⁵ My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I will give them to him fearing, and he shall fear me, and from the face of my name he was terrified. ⁶ The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: in truth and in uprightness he went with me, and he turned back many from iniquity. ⁷ For the lips of the priest shall watch knowledge, and they shall seek the law from his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of armies. ⁸ And ye departed out of the way; ye made many weak by the law; ye corrupted the covenant of Levi, said Jehovah of armies. ⁹ And also I set you despised and low to all the people, according as ye watch not my way, and lift up the face against the law.