OLD TESTAMENT

Numbers 16:5

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He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.

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Verse 5. The holy ones, whom he has chosen for the high priesthood. The psalmist, speaking of this sedition, says, they provoked … Aaron, the holy one of the Lord. Psalms 105:16. Calmet. See 2 Timothy 2:19.—Only those who are chosen by God, can lawfully perform this sacred office, as the Almighty declares by a miracle. Bible.

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