Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.
Ver. 4. That they might be encouraged.] That having των αναγκαιων χωρηγιαν, as Chrysostom hath it, a liberal subsistence, they might serve the Lord without distraction, and with much alacrity: for
“ Pluribus intentus minor est ad singula sensus. ”