EXODUS 32:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.”
Then Moses said, you have been set apart to the Lord today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day. The Levites' willingness to execute judgment on their own family is the act that sets them apart for priestly service. The willingness that cost them family loyalty earns them divine appointment. Deuteronomy 33:9 reflects on this moment: he said of his father and mother, I have no regard for them, but he watched over your word and guarded your covenant. The cost of the vocation is inseparable from the vocation's honor — the priests who carry Israel's names before God are the people who proved they would carry God's honor before Israel.
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