Institutional Separation of Church and State

Institutional Separation of Church and State

in the Old Testament

• Priests from Levi, kings from Judah (Heb. 7:14)

• King Uzziah cursed for doing priest’s duty (2 Chron. 26:19f.)

• Kings elected, priests not. (1 Kings 12:1,20; 2 Kings 16:21)

• Tithe to priests, not kings (Heb. 7:5)

• Distinguished between a “matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king” (1 Chron. 26:32).

But both Church and State under God’s law