⁴ So shall you know that I have sent ^(A)this command to you, that ^(B)my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts.

⁵ My covenant with him was one of life and ^(A)peace, and I gave them to him. ^(B)It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.

⁸ But you have turned aside from the way. ^(A)You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted ^(B)the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,

⁹ and so ^(A)I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but ^(B)show partiality in your instruction.”