READ Malachi 2 COMMENTARY: : 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. (1285 “covenant” [bariyth] means league, confederacy, alliance, pledge, treaty, contract, or contractual arrangement between God and a person.) DEVOTION:  God made a covenant with Aaron and the Levites. They were HIS personal possession. They were HIS representatives to the rest of the tribes of Israel. They were HIS inheritance and they were HIS. They were not given land like the rest of the tribes because their income was to come from the tithes and offerings of the people. They had a special responsibility to teach the people who to worship and obey the LORD. They were to have a reverent fear of the LORD. They were to…