John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 7. And he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God , etc.] The Targum of Jonathan is, “he shall minister in the name of the Word of the Lord his God;” in the name of Christ, as a type of him, as every priest and every sacrifice were: he was to be allowed to officiate, though it was not his course or turn: as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord ; daily offering the same sacrifices, and whatsoever are brought unto them; who might be said to stand before the Lord, because they stood at the altar of the Lord, and offered the sacrifices of the people to him; and a country Levite or priest was to be admitted to do the same thing at Jerusalem, and in the temple there, as they did; and this shows that a priest is meant by the Levite.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - Care is taken that the priests entangle not themselves with the affair of this life, nor enrich themselves with the wealth of this world; the have better things to mind. Care is likewise taken that they want no the comforts and conveniences of this life. The people must provide for them. He that has the benefit of solemn religious assemblies, ought to give help for the comfortable support of those that minister in suc assemblies.
Original Hebrew ושׁרת8334 בשׁם8034 יהוה3068 אלהיו430 ככל3605 אחיו251 הלוים3881 העמדים5975 שׁם8033 לפני6440 יהוה׃3068
