Reformed Samaritanism teaches that Moses was the greatest of all men; the only man upon whom God’s
glory permanently shone (“And the children of ISRAEL SAW THE FACE OF MOSES, THAT THE SKIN
OF MOSES' FACE SHONE: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with
Him”- Exodus 34:35, King James Bible).
But if Moses was so great, and so ideally fit to be followed by the Hebrew multitude, then why wasn’t he
formally appointed to be king of Israel? Well, the reason has to do with the fact that God’s plan was for the
Hebrew kings to sprang from the tribe of Judah (“THE [ROYAL] SCEPTRE SHALL NOT DEPART FROM
JUDAH, nor a lawgiver from between his feet...”- Genesis 49:10, King James Bible).
And since Moses belonged to the tribe of Levi [whose divine task wasn’t to be political leaders, but rather
spiritual ones], Moses wasn’t allowed to be Israel’s political king. Yet, so that we are not tempted to think
that Moses wasn’t fit for royalty [keep in mind that Moses grew up in Pharaoh’s palace!], Torah portrays him
as being “king of Jeshurun”. As is written: “Moses commanded us a Law, even the inheritance of the
congregation of Jacob. AND HE WAS KING IN JESHURUN...”- Deuteronomy 33:4-5, King James Bible.
And what is Jeshurun? It is the allegorical (or “spiritual” counterpart of national (or “political”) Israel. So,
technically speaking, Moses wasn’t king over national Israel [as he had no personal guard, collected no tax of
his own army, and often allowed the Israelite leadership to openly rebel against him], but Moses was
definitely king over “Jeshurun” (those who, whether Hebrew or gentiles, faithfully followed him as their
spiritual leader).
Curiously, just as Moses [being part of the priestly tribe] was worthy of kingship, so did David [being part of
the Royal tribe of Judah] was worthy of priesthood. Unfortunately, no member of Judah’s tribe was allowed
to become a Hebrew priest [as the latter was reserved for the tribe of Levi].
But, so that we aren’t tempted to think that king David wasn’t fit for priesthood, Hebrew Scripture portrays
him as being a priest according to the manner of “Melchizedek”; the latter being a priesthood for non Hebrew
people, as if to say, “Coming for the tribe of Judah, king David was prevented from becoming priest of the
Hebrew people, but had David been a non Hebrew person, he would have been fit to become not only king,
but even a high priest, just as it had been the with Melchizedek [a former king of Jerusalem, back when the
city’s name was “Salem”].
As is written: “The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine
enemies… The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, THOU ART A PRIEST FOR EVER AFTER THE
ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK”- Psalm 110:2-4, KJB.
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