1Sa 2:28 | KD | STEP | “ And did I choose him out of all the tribes for a priest to myself .” The interrogative particle is not to be repeated before וּבחור, but the construction becomes affirmative with the inf. abs. instead of the perfect. “ Him ” refers back to “ thy father ” in , and signifies Aaron. The expression “ for a priest ” is still further defined by the clauses which follow: על מ לעלות, “ to ascend upon mine altar ,” i.e., to approach my altar of burnt-offering and perform the sacrificial worship; “ to kindle incense ,” i.e., to perform the service in the holy place, the principal feature in which was the daily kindling of the incense, which is mentioned instar omnium ; “ to wear the ephod before me ,” i.e., to perform the service in the holy of holies, which the high priest could only enter when wearing the ephod to represent Israel before the Lord ( ). “ And have given to thy father’s house all the firings of the children of Israel ” (see at ). These words are to be understood, according to , as signifying that the Lord had given to the house of Aaron, i.e., to the priesthood, the sacrifices of Jehovah to eat in the place of any inheritance in the land, according to the portions appointed in the sacrificial law in , and Num 18.

‏ 1 Samuel 2:28

“And did I choose him out of all the tribes for a priest to myself.” The interrogative particle is not to be repeated before וּבחור, but the construction becomes affirmative with the inf. abs. instead of the perfect. “Him” refers back to “thy father” in 1Sa 2:27, and signifies Aaron. The expression “for a priest” is still further defined by the clauses which follow: על מ לעלות, “to ascend upon mine altar,” i.e., to approach my altar of burnt-offering and perform the sacrificial worship; “to kindle incense,” i.e., to perform the service in the holy place, the principal feature in which was the daily kindling of the incense, which is mentioned instar omnium; “to wear the ephod before me,” i.e., to perform the service in the holy of holies, which the high priest could only enter when wearing the ephod to represent Israel before the Lord (Exo 28:12). “And have given to thy father’s house all the firings of the children of Israel” (see at Lev 1:9). These words are to be understood, according to Deu 18:1, as signifying that the Lord had given to the house of Aaron, i.e., to the priesthood, the sacrifices of Jehovah to eat in the place of any inheritance in the land, according to the portions appointed in the sacrificial law in Lev 6-7, and Num 18.