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