God Himself as the Priest's Eternal Portion
In the law establishing Israel's priesthood, Yahweh declared to Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land... I am thy part and thine inheritance'...
This is historical examples on god as supreme good and priestly principle for all believers, drawing on Psalms 16:5-6.
In the law establishing Israel's priesthood, Yahweh declared to Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land... I am thy part and thine inheritance' (Numbers 18:20). Maclaren recognizes in Psalm 16:5-6 an echo of this remarkable provision—the Psalmist claiming not earthly possession but God Himself as supreme treasure, grasped 'in a rapture of devotion and self-abandonment.' The weight of this insight lies in its inversion of human desire.…
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