Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Numbers 3:45
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8, page 634, footnote 6 (Image)
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... Lord. He commanded the Levites also to be under them in their ministries. Whence He speaks to Moses in these terms: “And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.” For of these the Lord spake to Moses in this wise: “Take the Levites instead of the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.”[Numbers 3:45] If the Lord willed the Levites to be His own, how much more has He taken the priests for Himself! And of these He says: “If any stranger cometh nigh, he shall be put to death.” All objects, moreover, that are the Lord’s are to be handled carefully, ...