OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 66:21

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Of them I will also select priests and Levites,” says the LORD.

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Verse 21. Of them, Gentiles; (verse 19) some of whom alone will be properly priests, though all enjoy the title in a figurative sense. 1 Peter 2:9. The Jews strive in vain to elude this text. Calmet.—Under the law, one family alone enjoyed this honour: but Christ chooses the most deserving pastors. Worthington.

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