But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
Ver. 15. But the priests, the sons of Zadok.] Who follow their father's footsteps, and are careful to fulfil the ministry that they have received in the Lord; to be best in the worst times as right heirs of Moses's benediction. Deuteronomy 33:9 , &c.
Saith the Lord God.] "Them that honour me I will honour." 1Sa 2:20 This is a bargain of God's own making. Huius rei fides penes Deum tota est; a we may trust to it.
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