Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin
Rights of the Priests
Rights of the Priests
Numbers 5
Numbers 5:9, 10
9. And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
9. Omnis oblatio sanctificationum in filiis Israel, sacerdoti quam efferent erit ipsius.
10. And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
10. Qued quisque sanctificaverit sacerdotis erit, et tradetur in manum ejus.
9. And every offering. Thus far I have brought together the passages, in which Moses treats of the office of the priests, and have briefly expounded them, I will now begin to treat of their rights, i.e., of the honor which God invested them with, that He might have them ready and cheerful in their obedience. Here, however, Moses lightly touches upon what he more fully sets forth in other passages, as we shall presently see, viz., He assigns to