Malachi 2:8

at the law This rendering is quite defensible (Leviticus 26:37; Nahum 3:3); and the idea of the Law itself being made the stumbling-block of the people, by the tortuous interpretations put upon it by the priests and by their inconsistent conduct, is forcible, and is in keeping with the representation of Christ Himself as a "stumbling-stone" (Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:32-33). As however the figure of the Law as a road or path in which men should walk smoothly and safely is of very constant occurrence in the Old Testament, it is possible to render " in the law ", with R.V. and A.V. margin.

corrupted the covenant of Levi Compare Nehemiah's complaint, and the example he gives, Nehemiah 13:28-29.