I love that even the prophets seem to suffer from selective memories. Malachi tells us today that God says "My covenant was with [Levi]...he revered me and stood in awe of my name. True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin." (vv. 5-6)
Did Malachi read the same stories in Genesis that I did? I don't remember Levi standing out that much - but he certainly doesn't fit the description I see here. Or perhaps Malachi is talking about the "figurative" Levi - those who followed in the early footsteps of Aaron and were the first priests for the chosen people. You know...the ones that melted everyone's gold down and created a golden calf to worship?
There's an important message here about the way we should be before God...but also some descriptive language that just doesn't hold up to inspection.
As an aside, I hadn't run across these verses on divorce before - interesting to see something so concretely relevant to our 21st century lives outside of Paul's letters.
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