Isaiah Chapter 66 verse 21 Holy Bible
And of them also will I take for priests `and' for Levites, saith Jehovah.
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And some of them will I take for priests and Levites, says the Lord.
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And I will also take of them for priests [and] for Levites, saith Jehovah.
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And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
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Of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites, says Yahweh.
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And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites; literally, and I will also take of them unto the priests and unto the Levites; i.e. I will add to the existing body of priests and Levites, who are pro-sumably Jews, fresh members from the newly converted Gentiles. The existence of a sacerdotal order, with distinctions of ranks, in the Church of the redeemed, is implied, and the gracious declaration is made that the privilege of furnishing members to both ranks of the order shall be conferred upon the Gentile proselytes.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) I will also take of them for priests . . .--We are left to determine whether the promise is that even Gentile converts should be enrolled among the priests and Levites of the new Jerusalem, or that Israelites of the non-priestly tribes should be so enrolled. Was the prophet breaking down in thought the middle wall of partition, or clinging to its maintenance? Isaiah 61:6 seems in favour of the latter view, and we are probably right in looking on this thought, that of all Israel being eligible for the priesthood, as that which was in the prophet's mind. Like other such thoughts, however, it was capable of expansion, so as to include the whole Israel of God, who were by faith the children of Abraham. (Comp. 1Peter 2:5; 1Peter 2:9, with Exodus 19:6.)
