It should be noted that the term miṣwāh (command, commandment) is repeated three times in vv. 13–15, corresponding to the three authorities which the Chronicler recognizes for any cultic ordinance (cf. Japhet, Ideology, 234–9); Moses, as the authority for the sacrificial system; David, responsible for clerical reorganization and the introduction of liturgical music; and the reigning king, as ad hoc authority in situations requiring intervention, most notably in the times of Hezekiah and Josiah. Here, at the most relevant point, when the regular ritual is established in the Temple for
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