“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.”
The answer those with clean hands and pure heart who have not lifted the soul to falsehood or sworn deceitfully establishes the moral criteria for sanctuary access. The clean hands suggest ethical conduct. The pure heart suggests interior integrity. The refusal of falsehood and deceit suggests truthfulness. This verse establishes that access depends on moral and spiritual authenticity.
Church Fathers on Psalms 24:4
A psalm of David himself, on the first day of the week. 1. A Psalm of David himself, touching the glorifying and resurrection of the Lord, which took place early in the morning on the first day of the week, which is now called the Lord's Day. 2. “The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof, the compass of the world, and all they that dwell therein” Psalm 23:1; when the Lord, being glorified, is announced for the believing of all nations; and the whole compass of the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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