His priesthood, however, may be veiled to many readers because of the fact that David is not called a priest and because passages like Exodus 28 and Deuteronomy 33:8–11 restrict priesthood to the sons of Aaron. Who is this priest? It is none other than David himself, a royal priest after the order of Melchizedek, we might say. Yet, as the book unfolds, there is another “priest” who takes center stage. In 1 Chronicles 1–9, the central feature of the genealogy is the priestly service of sons of Aaron and Levi.
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