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When they had prayed; prayer is the salt which seasoneth and sanctifieth all things.
They laid their hands on them; a rite used in the church of old,
1. In their sacrifices, Exo_29:15;
2. In their blessings, Gen_48:14
3. In their designations unto a charge or office; thus Moses on Joshua, Num_27:18:
and from thence it was more easily derived unto the gospel church; our Saviour blessing thus the children which were brought unto him, Mat_19:13; and this also were ministers ordained in the primitive times, 1Ti_5:22.