For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge - “He a igns the reason for what he had just said: the law of truth was in his mouth. They had d…

The decree against the priests.

What the Prophet has said of the first priests he now extends to the whole Levitical tribe, and shows that it was a perpetual and unchangeable law …

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge
Or "shall keep knowledge", as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions;…

What is said here of the covenant of priesthood, is true of the covenant of grace made with all believers, as spiritual priests. It is a covenant o…