At Sinai Israel is named God’s “peculiar treasure” or treasured possession; Malachi later reuses that covenant identity for those who fear the LORD and are remembered by Him. The later text therefore draws on Sinai language to describe a faithful remnant within a covenant community marked by widespread unfaithfulness.

Moses speaks of God’s book in a context of judgment and covenant belonging after the golden calf; Malachi later pictures a “book of remembrance” before the LORD for those who fear His name. The shared book imagery is suggestive, but the texts use it in distinct settings, so the relationship remains probable rather than explicit dependence.

Malachi’s divine remembrance-book belongs to the canonical trajectory of heavenly records that reaches Revelation’s judgment scene, where books are opened and the book of life is distinguished.

Daniel 12:1 and Malachi 3:16–18 share heavenly-book imagery tied to the final distinction and rescue of God’s people. The shared motif contributes to the biblical trajectory of divine records without proving direct literary dependence.