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For the priest`s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Hosts.
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The Priest's Sacred Duty
Scholars emphasize that a priest's fundamental role is to be a guardian and teacher of God's knowledge. John Calvin describes their lips as a 'storehouse' from which the people should seek instruction. This teaching function is not optional; it is the very definition of their office, making them reliable sources of divine truth for the community.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
The decree against the priests.
16th Century
Protestant
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 …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
