Malachi 2:8

"But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts."

This verse flatly declares that all of the holy obligations cited above had been flagrantly and willfully violated, to the extent that the very covenant itself had been "corrupted."

Pusey noted that this means that the priests had "forfeited"[9] the blessings of the covenant; however, it means a lot more than that.

"Since a covenant must be observed by both parties, the covenant which should have brought happiness and blessing upon them has been `corrupted,' that is, ruined, destroyed, annulled."[10]

Of course the New Testament speaks plainly of the annulment that fell upon the covenant between God and Israel, but here it is made specifically clear that the annulment extended to all of that covenant, including that with Levi especially as it pertained to priests.