THEOSIS2 Chronicles 29:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
My sons, be not negligent: the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, and to minister to him, and to worship him, and to burn incense to him.
בָּנַ֕י עַתָּ֖ה אַל־תִּשָּׁל֑וּ כִּֽי־בָכֶ֞ם בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לַעֲמֹ֤ד לְפָנָיו֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וְלִהְי֥וֹת ל֖וֹ מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים וּמַקְטִרִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 10:8At that time he separated the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day.
- Num 8:6Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them,
- Num 8:14And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine.
- Gal 6:7Be not deceived: God is not mocked.
- Gal 6:8For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he that soweth in the spirit of the spirit shall reap life everlasting.
- Num 3:6Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,
- Num 3:9And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,
- Num 18:2And take with thee thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, and the sceptre of thy father, and let them be ready in hand, and minister to thee: but thou and thy sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony.