05 Dt 21.5 Levitical Priests’ duties

Deuteronomy 21:5 (ESV)

5Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the LORD, and by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled.

Duties listed above:

1. Minister to the LORD. Represent the people in their relationship to the LORD.
2. Bless in the name of the LORD. Represent the LORD in part of the God-to-Jew relationship: ministering blessings.
   1. Note, Prophets also had a role in representing the LORD in part of the God-to-man relationship: announcing both blessings and curses, approval and judgment.
3. Adjudicate disputes and crimes in Israel.