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**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**is.** Hebrew "He [is]".

**priest's due** = priest's custom. Compare [1 Samuel 2:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/13) , 1Sa 2:28 , [1 Samuel 2:29](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/29) . [Leviticus 7:33](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/33) , [Leviticus 7:34](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/34) .[Numbers 18:8-14](../../../kjv/numbers/18/8-14) .
**offer** = sacrifice. See App-43 .

**wine.** Hebrew. *tirosh.* App-27 .

**a Levite:** i.e. a Tribal Levite who devoted himself to the Aaronic service. Compare [Leviticus 25:33](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/33) .
**his mind** = his soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**abominations.** See App-42 .

**or.** Note the Figure of speech *Paradiastole.* App-6 .

**familiar spirits.** See note on [Leviticus 19:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/31) .
**necromancer** = a seeker unto the dead; a medium.

**the LORD** (Hebrew. *Jehovah.* Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, add "thy God".

**perfect** = devoted, or single-hearted.

**will raise up.** Note the transition, and the Structure above.
**hearken.** Compare [Matthew 17:5](../../../kjv/matthew/17/5) .[Acts 3:22](../../../kjv/acts/3/22) , [Acts 3:23](../../../kjv/acts/3/23) .

**said.** See note on [Deuteronomy 2:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/9) . This was said before leaving Horeb, so that "the Prophet like unto Moses" was promised at Sinai!

**I will raise.** Compare [John 6:14](../../../kjv/john/6/14) .[Acts 3:22](../../../kjv/acts/3/22) ; [Acts 7:37](../../../kjv/acts/7/37) .
**a Prophet** ([Deuteronomy 18:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/18) ), a Priest ([Psalms 110:4](../../../kjv/psalms/110/4) ), a King ([Zechariah 6:13](../../../kjv/zechariah/6/13) ).
**will put My words, &c.** Compare [John 12:48](../../../kjv/john/12/48) , [John 12:49](../../../kjv/john/12/49) , and note [John 3:34](../../../kjv/john/3/34) ; [John 7:16](../../../kjv/john/7/16) ; [John 8:28](../../../kjv/john/8/28) , [John 8:47](../../../kjv/john/8/47) ; [John 12:49](../../../kjv/john/12/49) ; [John 14:10](../../../kjv/john/14/10) , [John 14:24](../../../kjv/john/14/24) ; [John 17:8](../../../kjv/john/17/8) .

**I will require it.** Compare [John 12:48](../../../kjv/john/12/48) , and [Hebrews 4:12](../../../kjv/hebrews/4/12) , where "discerner" means "able to judge" (Greek. *kritikos)* . That "Word" is the "critic" (or judge), and will judge all other "critics".

**How shall we know . . . ?** Compare [Jeremiah 28:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/28/9) .

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