Deuteronômio 18:5

5 Porque o Senhor teu Deus o escolheu dentre todas as tribos, para assistir e ministrar em nome do Senhor, ele e seus filhos, para sempre.

Deuteronômio 18:5 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 18:5

For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes,
&c.] That is, has chosen the tribe of Levi out of all the other tribes of Israel:

to stand to minister in the name of the Lord;
the priests to minister to the Lord by offering sacrifices, and the Levites to minister to the priests in assisting them in their service; and both their ministry were in the name of the Lord, and for his glory, and done standing; for there was no sitting in the sanctuary ^F23; the priestly ministry was only performed standing ^F24, whatever was done sitting was rejected {y}; see ( Hebrews 10:11 ) ,

him and his sons for ever;
Levi and his posterity, or the posterity of the tribe of Levi, were chosen by the Lord to this service, to be employed in it as long as the ceremonial law continued, on which stood the Levitical priesthood; but both are now abolished by Christ, having their accomplishment in him, ( Hebrews 7:11 ) ( 12:18 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Maimon. in Misn. Zebachim, c. 2. sect. 1.
F24 Bartenora in ib.
F25 Misn. ib.

Deuteronômio 18:5 In-Context

3 Este, pois, será o direito dos sacerdotes, a receber do povo, dos que oferecerem sacrifícios de boi ou de ovelha: o ofertante dará ao sacerdote a espádua, as queixadas e o bucho.

4 Ao sacerdote darás as primícias do teu grão, do teu mosto e do teu azeite, e as primícias da tosquia das tuas ovelhas.

5 Porque o Senhor teu Deus o escolheu dentre todas as tribos, para assistir e ministrar em nome do Senhor, ele e seus filhos, para sempre.

6 Se um levita, saindo de alguma das tuas cidades de todo o Israel em que ele estiver habitando, vier com todo o desejo da sua alma ao lugar que o Senhor escolher,

7 e ministrar em nome do Senhor seu Deus, como o fazem todos os seus irmãos, os levitas, que assistem ali perante o Senhor,