And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Gill's Exposition
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you,.... See Gill on Mal 2:1,
that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts; not that the ceremonial law might be confirmed…
Barnes' Notes
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you: - this, which He had just uttered. They who believe not God when threatening, know that He is in earnest and not to be trifled with,…
What was said in the foregoing chapter was directed to the priests (Mal 1:6): Thus saith the Lord of hosts to you, O priests! that despise my name. But the crimes there charged upon them they were…
Cambridge Bible
might be i.e. might continue(porro staret. Maurer). Whether they heard, or whether they forbore, they should learn in the issue, that God had sent them "this commandment" to repent on penalty of so…
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