King James Version
What Does Malachi 2:6 Mean?
“The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.”
Context
4
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
5
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.
6
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. stumble at: or, fall in
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(6) **The law of truth**—*i.e.*, right instruction in the Law, and judgment in accordance with the Law, the reverse of which is “iniquity,” or rather, *perversion.*
**Walked with me**—*i.e.,* had their conversation in heaven. (Philippians 3:20; comp. Zechariah 3:7; and Genesis 5:24, of Enoch.)
**In peace.**—See on the preceding verse.
**Equity**—*i.e.*, integrity of life.
**And did turn. . . . iniquity.**—Of this, says Pusey, “What a history of zeal for the glory of God and of the conversion of sinners in those of whom the world knows nothing, of whose working, but for the three words in the closing book of the Old Testament, we should have known nothing.”
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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