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Numbers 25:13

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 25:13

Verse 13 of 18

Scripture focus

And he shall have it, and his seed after him, [even] the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

Numbers 25:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 25:13

Theological / Devotional

An everlasting priesthood. The original recipients of God’s covenant were the men of Levi (Jer. 33:21; Mal. 2:4, 8), owing, perhaps, to their zeal on a former occasion (Ex. 32:25-29). Christ on the cross made sure all the blessings of the covenant of peace to His spiritual seed (Ps. 89:28, 29). In due course Phinehas succeeded Eleazar as high priest (Judges 20:28). It is presumed that because of some outstanding sin that is not mentioned in the divine record, there was a temporary break in the succession in the time of Eli. The succession was restored to Zadok, a descendant of Phinehas, by King Solomon, and so continued in that family until the Greek period.

Made an atonement. Compare ch. 16:47.

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