Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
Ver. 6. Also the sons of the stranger that joineth.] Relinquishing his heathenish superstition, and devoting himself to my fear. The Levites had their name from the word here used; and leviathan, whose scales and parts are so fast joined and jointed together.
To love the name of the Lord, to be his servants.] Plato could say, Parere legibus est Deo servire: et haec summa est libertas, To obey the laws, is to serve God; and this is the chiefest liberty, this is perfect freedom. But Plato never knew what it was to love to be God's servant. Lex voluntarios quaerit, saith Ambrose. a All God's soldiers are volunteers, all his people free hearted; Psa 110:3 they wait for his law. Isa 42:8 Deu 10:12
Every one that keepeth the Sabbath.] See on Isaiah 56:2 .
a In Psalm i.