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Wesley's Explanatory Notes on Numbers 3:32

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Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Chief - Next under the high - priest; whence he is called the second priest, Kg2 25:18, and in case of the high - priest's absence by sickness or other necessary occasions, he was to perform his work, and he had a superiority over all the rest of the priests and Levites. The chief of the Levites - That is, over those three persons, who were each the chief of their several families, Num 3:24, Num 3:31, Num 3:34. Numbers 3:38
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