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

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…