It was as the prophet Malachi had foretold He Jehovah must sit as a refiner and cleanser of silver and must cleanse the sons of Levi and he must clarify them like gold and like silver, and they will certainly become to Jehovah people presenting a gift offering in righteousness
याबद्दल मलाखी संदेष्ट्याने असे भाकीत केले होते: “रुपे गाळून शुद्ध करणाऱ्‍यासारखा तो [यहोवा] बसेल, व लेवीच्या वंशजांस शुद्ध करील. त्यांस सोन्यारुप्याप्रमाणे शुद्ध करील, मग ते धर्माने परमेश्‍वराला बलि अर्पण करितील. ” ( मला.