1 SAMUEL 22:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.”
But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD — the servants' *va'lo avdu avdey hamelekh lishloach et yamam l'pagoa b'kohaney YHWH* refusal to kill the priests suggests that even the instrument of the king's will draws back from violating sacred persons. The sanctity of the priesthood creates a boundary that ordinary soldiers will not cross, even at royal command.
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