With Ezekiel this distinction is still an innovation requiring
justification and sanction; with the Priestly Code it is a
"statute for ever," although even yet not absolutely undisputed,
as appears from the Priestly version of the story of Korah's
company. /1/ For all Judaism subsequent to Ezra, and so for
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1. Distorted references to the historical truth are round also in
Numbers xvii. 25 and xviii. 23, passages which are unintelligible
apart from Ezekiel xliv. Compare Kuenen, Theol. Tijdschr., 1878,
p. 138 seq.
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Christian tradition, the Priestly Code in this matter also has
been authoritative. Instead of the Deuteronomic formula "the
priests the Levites," we henceforward have "the priests and
the Levites," particularly in Chronicles, /2/ and in the
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2. Except in 2 Chrom v. 5, xxx. 27.
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ancient versions the old _usus_ loquendi is frequently corrected. /3/
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