“Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.”
Holy ones pray: "Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called on his name. They cried to the LORD, and he answered them." The great figures of Israel's past (Moses, Aaron, Samuel) exemplify those who called on God and received answer.
Church Fathers on Psalms 99:6
1. Beloved brethren, it ought already to be known to you, as sons of the Church, and well instructed in the school of Christ through all the books of our ancient fathers, who wrote the words of God and the great things of God, that their wish was to consult for our good, who were to live at this period, believers in Christ; who, at a seasonable time came unto us, the first time, in humility; at the second, destined to come in exaltation....For thus it is said in the Psalms:…
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