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and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.` These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
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A Kingdom of King-Priests
God's call for Israel was revolutionary. Unlike other nations with a single king and a separate priestly class, God intended every Israelite to have a dual role. Commentators explain they were to be 'kings' (free citizens under God's direct rule) and 'priests' (having direct access to God without an intermediary). This was a unique identity and privilege.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A kingdom of priests - Israel collectively is a royal and priestly race: a dynasty of priests, each true member uniting in himself the attri…
19th Century
Anglican
A kingdom of priests. — All of them both “kings and priests to God”—kings as lords over themselves, equals one t…
16th Century
Protestant
And you shall be to me. He points out more clearly, and more at length, how the Israelites will be precious to God; namely, because they w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests Instead of being in a state of servitude and bondage, as they had been…
Moses was called up the mountain, and was employed as the messenger of this covenant. The Maker and first Mover of the covenant is God himself. Thi…
