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Samuel was a legitimate Priest - No he wasn't!

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  • Cow Poke
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    Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
    This is one of those grey areas where people can disagree on. In this case, I'll take it that God wants us to look at what Samuel did and not the label that was assigned to him.
    Understood, I'd just like to hear the rationale of anybody who's actually studied this.

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  • Thoughtful Monk
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    This is one of those grey areas where people can disagree on. In this case, I'll take it that God wants us to look at what Samuel did and not the label that was assigned to him.

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  • Cow Poke
    started a topic Samuel was a legitimate Priest - No he wasn't!

    Samuel was a legitimate Priest - No he wasn't!

    First, the Priesthood obviously was a function of men from the tribe of Levi.
    (Though Melchizedek predated the Aaronic Priesthood)
    So, the first argument is - was Samuel a Levite or not.
    Then, though his parents dedicated him to God, was he actually called by God to be a priest?

    I have Biblical scholars I trust on both sides of this issue who disagree.
    One group says, "No, he was an Ephraimite, but he was a prophet, and sometimes the prophets took upon themselves certain aspects of the priesthood".
    Another group says, "Samuel was from the tribe of Levi through his father, but was mentioned as an Ephrathite, just because of the geographical location only, and was a prophet AND a priest".

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