“The LORD of Armies says: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 7. Judge. The high priests were at the head till the Machabees. Jos. Ant. xi. 4. and xx. 8.—Yet the nation was, ( Calmet.) till Simon, ( Bible.) always dependent; and the judges were under foreign kings or governors. Calmet.—Give thee, and so forth Angels to attend and assist thee. Challoner.—They are promised to help the pastors of the Church. Worthington.—They shall give information. verse 9. Exodus 23:20. Calmet.—Of them. Septuagint “who shall converse in the midst of these who stand:” ( Bible.) thy children shall succeed in the pontificate. Theod.