My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
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Gill's Exposition
My covenant was with him of life and peace,.... Not with Aaron, nor with Phinehas; nor is it to be understood of a covenant, promising temporal life and outward prosperity to either of them; Aaron…
Barnes' Notes
My covenant was with him life and peace; - literally “the life and the peace;” that, which alone is true “life and peace.” The covenant was not with Levi himself, but with Aaron, his representative,…
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
My covenant&c. Comp. Num 25:12-13; Neh 13:29.
for the fear wherewith he feared me Lit. I gave them(viz. life and peace: I fulfilled my part of the covenant) to him(as) fear, (i.e. on condition that…
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