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Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
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The Authorized Blessing
Commentators point out that the blessing was given by "the priests the Levites," the divinely appointed ministers. This detail, contrasted with the illegitimate priests in the northern kingdom, underscores the importance of proper order and God-ordained authority in worship.
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
Then the priests the Levites. — And the Levitical priests; not any irregular ministers. Some Hebrew manuscripts, the Sept…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the priests the Levites arose The priests who were of the tribe of Levi; for there were some in Israel that wer…
Presbyterian
Many prayers were offered to God with the peace-offerings. In these, Israel looked to God as the God of their fathers, a God in covenant with them.…
