18 Bible Verses about Anointing Priests
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You are to put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and you are to anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them to serve as my priests.
You are to anoint Aaron and his sons, and you are to consecrate them to serve as my priests.
You are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, you are to anoint him, and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest.
You are to anoint them just as you anointed their father so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing is to qualify them to belong to a perpetual priesthood from generation to generation."
"This is the offering that Aaron and his sons are to offer to the LORD the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of flour is to be offered throughout the day, half in the morning and half in the evening.
After doing this, he poured the oil of anointing on Aaron's head to anoint and consecrate him.
Moses took some anointing oil and blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his clothes, on his sons, and on their clothes, consecrating Aaron, his clothes, his sons, and their clothes.
This is what the LORD had commanded to give them the day he anointed them from among the Israelis a perpetual portion for their generations.
You are to take some of the blood which is on the altar, along with some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. He is to be consecrated with his garments, along with his sons and their garments.
"The holy garments of Aaron are to be for his sons after him so that they may be anointed in them and ordained in them.
"The high priest among his relatives whose head has been anointed with oil and who has been consecrated to put on the priestly clothing is not to let his hair hang loose or to tear his clothes.
The community is to release the inadvertent killer from the blood avenger and return him to the town of refuge where he had fled. He is to live there until the High Priest dies, who will have anointed him with holy oil.
Also, you are not to leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Otherwise, you'll die, since the LORD's anointing oil remains on you." So they followed Moses' instructions.
He is not to go out of the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, because his God's consecrating oil of anointing rests on him. I am the LORD.
and they ate and drank in the LORD's presence with great joy.
It is like precious oil on the head, descending to the beard even to Aaron's beard and flowing down to the edge of his robes.