Hebrews 5:4

No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.

Exodus 28:1

“Have your brother Aaron, with his sons, come to you from the Israelites to serve Me as priest—Aaron, his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

just as the Lord commanded him through Moses. It was to be a reminder for the Israelites that no unauthorized person outside the lineage of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the Lord and become like Korah and his followers.

1 Chronicles 23:13

Amram’s sons: Aaron and Moses.

Aaron, along with his descendants, was set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense in the presence of Yahweh, to minister to Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

2 Chronicles 26:18

They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the Lord—only the consecrated priests, the descendants of Aaron, have the right to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully! You will not receive honor from the Lord God.”

Numbers 16:5

Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will reveal who belongs to Him, who is set apart, and the one He will let come near Him. He will let the one He chooses come near Him.

Numbers 3:3

These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

Numbers 16:7

place fire in them and put incense on them before the Lord. Then the man the Lord chooses will be the one who is set apart. It is you Levites who have gone too far!”

Numbers 16:10

He has brought you near, and all your fellow Levites who are with you, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.

Numbers 16:35

Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.

Numbers 16:46-48

Then Moses told Aaron, “Take your firepan, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the community and make atonement for them, because wrath has come from the Lord; the plague has begun.”

Numbers 17:3-11

Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.

Numbers 18:1-5

The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and your ancestral house will be responsible for sin against the sanctuary. You and your sons will be responsible for sin involving your priesthood.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the veil, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but an unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.”

John 3:27

John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.

Leviticus 8:2

“Take Aaron, his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,

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Hebrews 5:4

And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

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