60 Bible Verses about priests

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Hebrews 7:17

For he testifies, Thou a priest forever, according to the order of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 7:14

For it is manifest that our Lord has sprung out of Judah; to which tribe Moses spake nothing of the priesthood.

Hebrews 7:24

And he, because he remains forever, has an inviolable priesthood.

2 Chronicles 15:3

And many days to Israel for not a God of truth, and for no priest teaching, and for no law.

Hebrews 7:12

For the priesthood being transferred, of necessity also is a transposition of law.

Deuteronomy 17:9

And thou didst go to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge which shall be in those days, and seek out; and they shall announce to thee the word of judgment

Jeremiah 31:14

And I satiated the soul of the priests with fatness and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Jehovah.

Hebrews 7:3

Without father, without mother, of unknown origin, neither having beginning of days, nor end of life; and likened to the Son of God;) remains a priest perpetually.

2 Chronicles 5:14

And the priests were not able to stand to serve from the face of the cloud, for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God.

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of the priest shall watch knowledge, and they shall seek the law from his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of armies.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do ye not know that they working consecrated things, eat of the temple? they working diligently at the altar, share together with the altar?

Ezekiel 42:14

On the priests' coming in, and they shall go not forth from the holy place to the enclosure without, and there they shall set their garments which they shall serve in them; for they are holy; they shall put on other garments, and approach to that for the people.

1 Chronicles 28:13

And for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of the service of the house of Jehovah.

Isaiah 66:21

And I also will take from them for priests, for Levites, said Jehovah.

Hebrews 7:23

And they truly are become many priests, by reason of death being hindered from remaining:

Zechariah 3:1

And he will cause me to see Joshua the great priest standing before the messenger of Jehovah, and the adversary standing upon his right hand for his adversary.

Deuteronomy 18:1

There shall not be to the priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, part and inheritance with Israel: the sacrifices of Jehovah and his inheritance they shall eat

2 Chronicles 35:2

And he will cause the priests to stand upon their watches, and he will strengthen them to serve the house of Jehovah.

Micah 3:11

Her heads will judge for a gift, and her priests will teach for hire, and her prophets will divine for silver: and they will lean upon Jehovah, saying, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? he will not bring evil upon us.

Matthew 27:1

And having been morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to kill him:

Matthew 27:6

And the chief priests, having taken the silver coins, said, It is not lawful to cast them for an offering, since it is the price of blood.

Exodus 19:22

And also the priests drawing near to Jehovah, shall be consecrated, lest Jehovah shall break forth upon them.

Luke 10:31

And by accident a certain priest went down in that way : and having seen him, went on the opposite side.

Acts 19:14

And there were certain sons of Sceva, a Jew, chief priest, seven doing this.

Joshua 3:8

And thou shalt command the priests lifting up the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come to the extremity of the water of Jordan ye shall stand in Jordan.

Matthew 26:3

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and scribes, and the more ancient of the people, into the court-yard of the chief priest, called Caliaphas,

Hosea 4:4

But a man shall not contend, and he shall not admonish a man: and my people as contending with the priest.

2 Kings 12:4

And Jehoash will say to the priests, All the silver of the holies which shall come to the house of Jehovah, the silver of a man passing by, the silver of the souls of his estimation, all the silver which shall come up upon the heart of a man to bring in to the house of Jehovah,

Matthew 8:4

And Jesus says to him, See thou tell no one; but retire, show thyself to the priest, and bring near the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

Hebrews 7:11

If truly therefore completion were by the Levitical priesthood, (for the people received legislation by it,) what further need according to the order of Melchisedec for another priest to be raised, and not according to the order of Aaron?

Isaiah 24:2

And it was as the people, so the priest; as the servant, so his lord; as the maid, so the mistress; as the buyer, so he selling; as he lending, so the borrower; as be lending on interest, so he exacting interest to him.

Matthew 27:41

And likewise also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

Jeremiah 1:18

Behold, I gave thee this day for a fortified city and for a pillar of iron and for a wall of brass upon all the land to the kings of Judah, to her chiefs, to her priests, and to the people of the land.

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Numbers 18:1

And Jehovah will say to Aaron, Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the holy place: and thou and thy sons with thee, shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Exodus 28:40-43

And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and make for them girdles, and caps shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. And put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him: and anoint them, and fill their hand And consecrate them, and they shall be priests to me. And make for them drawers of linen to cover the flesh of nakedness: from the loins and even to the thighs they shall be. read more.
And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons in their going into the tent of the appointment, or in their drawing near to the altar to serve in the holy place; and they shall not lift up to sin and die. A law forever to him and to his seed after him.

Exodus 29:9

And gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind to them turbans; and the priesthood shall be to them for a law forever: and fill the hand of Aaron and the hand of his sons.

Numbers 3:3

These the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests being anointed, of whom he filled their hands to be priests.

1 Chronicles 23:13

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses: and Aaron will be separated for his consecrating the holy of holies, he and his sons, even to forever, to burn incense before Jehovah to serve him and to praise in his name, even to forever.

More verses: 2 Chronicles 26:18

sacred Anointing » Persons who received » priests

Exodus 40:13-15

And put upon Aaron the garments of the holy place, and anoint him and consecrate him; and he was priest to me. And his sons thou shalt bring near, and put tunics upon them. And anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they were priests to me; and it was to be to them an anointing for the priesthood forever for their generations.

Bonnet » Worn » priests

Exodus 29:9

And gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind to them turbans; and the priesthood shall be to them for a law forever: and fill the hand of Aaron and the hand of his sons.

Exodus 28:40

And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and make for them girdles, and caps shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.

Exodus 39:28

And the turbans of byssus, and the beautiful caps of byssus, and the drawers of thread of twisted byssus.

Leviticus 8:13

And Moses will bring near the sons of Aaron, and he will put tunics upon them, and he will gird on them with the girdle and he will bind to them caps; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Ezekiel 44:18

And linen turbans shall be upon their heads, and linen drawers shall be upon their loins; and they shall not be girded with sweat

Defilement » priests » Specially required to avoid

Leviticus 21:1-6

And Jehovah will say to Moses, Say to the priests the sons of Aaron, and say to them, for the soul he shall not be defiled among his peoples. But if for his remainder coming near to him, for his mother and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, And for his sister, a virgin, coming near to him, who was not for a husband for her, he shall be defiled. read more.
A chief among his people shall not be defiled, to profane himself. With baldness, they shall not make baldness upon their head, and they shall not shave the extremity of their beard: and in their flesh they shall not cut incisions. They shall be holy to their God, and profane not the name of their God: for the sacrifices of Jehovah, and the bread of their God they bring: and they were holy.

Leviticus 21:11-12

And to an dead soul he shall not come, for his father, and for his mother, he shall not be defiled. And from the holy place he shall not go forth, and he shall not profane the holy place of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him I Jehovah.

Defilement » priests » Not to eat holy things while under

Leviticus 22:2

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and they shall separate themselves from the holies of the sons of Israel, and they shall not profane my holy name which they consecrate to me: I Jehovah.

Leviticus 22:4-6

A man, a man from the seed of Aaron, and he leprous or flowing; he shall not eat of the holies till he shall be clean. And he touching upon any unclean soul, or a man which shall go forth from him the effusion of seed; Or a man who shall touch upon any creeping thing which shall be unclean to him, or upon a man who shall be unclean to him for all his uncleanness; The soul which shall touch upon it, and it shall be unclean till the evening, and he shall not eat from the holies, except he washed his flesh in water.

Defilement » priests » To decide in all cases of

Leviticus 13:3

And the priest saw the stroke in the skin of the flesh: and the hair in the stroke turned white, and the sight of the stroke deep from the skin of his flesh, it is the stroke of leprosy: and the priest saw him and defiled him.

Leviticus 10:10

And to separate between the holy and between the unholy, and between the unclean and between the clean:

Defilement » priests » Punished for eating of the holy things while under

Leviticus 22:3

Say to them, For your generations every man who shall come near from all your seed to the holies which the sons of Israel: shall consecrate to Jehovah, and his uncleanness upon him, and that soul was cut off from before me: I Jehovah.

the Ephod » Worn » priests » Ordinary priests

1 Samuel 22:18

And the king will say to Doeg, Turn thou about, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite will turn about, and he will fall upon the priests and kill in that day eighty and five men lifting up a linen ephod.

Faith » Exemplified » priests

Idolatrous » priests » Examples of

2 Kings 11:18

And all the people of the land will go into the house of Baal, and lay it waste; his altars and his images they brake in pieces diligently, and Mattan, priest of Baal, they slew before the altars. And the priest will set overseers over the house of Jehovah.

1 Kings 12:31

And he will make a house of heights, and be will make priests from the ends of the people who were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 13:2

And be will call upon the altar in the word of Jehovah, and he will say, O altar, altar! thus said Jehovah, Behold, a son was born to the house of David, Josiah his name; and he sacrificed upon thee, the priests of the heights burning incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

2 Kings 23:20

And he will sacrifice all the priests of the heights which were there upon the altars, and he will burn the bones of man upon them, and he will turn back to Jerusalem.

Judges 17:5

And the man Micah to him a house of gods; and he will make an ephod and a teraphim, and he will fill the hand of one of his sons, and he will be to him for priest

Idolatrous » priests » Temples

Daniel 1:2

And Jehovah will give Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, and from the number of vessels of the house of God: and he will bring them to the land of Shinar the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.

1 Kings 12:31

And he will make a house of heights, and be will make priests from the ends of the people who were not of the sons of Levi.

Acts 19:27

And not only this part is in danger to us to come to reproach; but also the temple of the great goddess Diana to be reckoned for nothing, and her greatness also about to be destroyed, whom the whole of Asia and the habitable globe worship.

1 Samuel 5:2

And Philisteim will take the ark of God and bring it to the house of Dagon, and they will set it up by Dagon.

2 Kings 5:18

For this word will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in the going of my lord to the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaning upon my hand, and I worshiped in the house of Rimmon: in my worshiping in the house of Rimmon now will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in this word?

Offence » Exemplified » priests

priests » Dues of » Food of

Leviticus 10:17

Wherefore ate ye not the sin in the holy place? for it is holy of holies, and he gave it to you to lift up the iniquity of the assembly, and to expiate for them before Jehovah.

Exodus 29:32

And Aaron shall eat and his sons, the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the of appointment

Leviticus 10:12

And Moses will speak to Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar, his sons being left, Take ye the gift remaining from the sacrifices of Jehovah, and eat it unleavened by the altar: for it is holy of holies.

Leviticus 6:16

And the remainder from it Aaron and his sons shall eat: unleavened shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the enclosure of the tent of appointment they shall eat it

Leviticus 7:6

Every male among the priests shall eat it: in the holy place it shall be eaten: it is holy of holies.

priests » Corrupt

John 19:6

When therefore the chief priests and attendants saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify. Pilate says to them, Take ye him, and crucify; for I find no fault in him.

Matthew 27:41

And likewise also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

Micah 3:11

Her heads will judge for a gift, and her priests will teach for hire, and her prophets will divine for silver: and they will lean upon Jehovah, saying, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? he will not bring evil upon us.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets vain-glorious men of treacheries: her priests defiled the holy place, they violated the law.

Mark 15:11

And the chief priests moved the crowd, that he would rather loose Barabbas to them.

priests » Corrupt condemned » Idolatrous, examples of

2 Kings 11:18

And all the people of the land will go into the house of Baal, and lay it waste; his altars and his images they brake in pieces diligently, and Mattan, priest of Baal, they slew before the altars. And the priest will set overseers over the house of Jehovah.

1 Kings 12:31

And he will make a house of heights, and be will make priests from the ends of the people who were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 13:2

And be will call upon the altar in the word of Jehovah, and he will say, O altar, altar! thus said Jehovah, Behold, a son was born to the house of David, Josiah his name; and he sacrificed upon thee, the priests of the heights burning incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

2 Kings 23:20

And he will sacrifice all the priests of the heights which were there upon the altars, and he will burn the bones of man upon them, and he will turn back to Jerusalem.

Judges 17:5

And the man Micah to him a house of gods; and he will make an ephod and a teraphim, and he will fill the hand of one of his sons, and he will be to him for priest

priests » Garments of » General references

Exodus 29:29

And the garments of the holy place which are to Aaron shall be to his sons after him to anoint them in them, and to fill in them their hands.

Exodus 29:5

And take the garments, and put upon Aaron the tunic and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breast-plate, and gird on him with the girdle of the ephod.

Exodus 31:10

And the garments of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to be priests,

Exodus 39:1

And from the cerulean purple, and the red purple, and the double scarlet, they made garments of stuff to serve in the holy place; and they will make the garments of the holy place which are for Aaron, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

priests » Garments of » Should be holy

2 Chronicles 6:41

And now arise, O Jehovah God, to thy rest, thou, and the ark of thy strength: thy priests, O Jehovah God, shall be clothed with salvation, and thy merciful ones shall rejoice in good.

Leviticus 21:6

They shall be holy to their God, and profane not the name of their God: for the sacrifices of Jehovah, and the bread of their God they bring: and they were holy.

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of the priest shall watch knowledge, and they shall seek the law from his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of armies.

Exodus 19:22

And also the priests drawing near to Jehovah, shall be consecrated, lest Jehovah shall break forth upon them.

priests » General reference to

Joshua 3:6

And Joshua will say to the priests, saying, Lift up the ark of the covenant and pass through before the people. And they will lift up the ark of the covenant and will go before the people.

Exodus 24:5

And he will send forth young men sons of Israel, and they will bring up burnt-offerings, and they will sacrifice sacrifices of peace to Jehovah of bullocks.

2 Chronicles 29:16

And the priests will come to within the house of Jehovah to cleanse, and they will bring forth all the uncleanness which they found in the temple of Jehovah to the enclosure of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites will take to bring forth to the torrent Kidron without

Exodus 18:1

And Jethro, priest of Midian, the father-in-law of Moses, will hear all which God did to Moses and to Israel his people, for Jehovah brought forth Israel out of Egypt:

More verses: 2 Chronicles 11:13

priests » Revenues of » Part of all sacrifices

Leviticus 7:31-34

And the priest burnt the fat upon the altar: and the breast was to Aaron and to his sons. And the right leg ye shall give an oblation to the priest from the sacrifices of your peace. And he bringing near the blood of the peace, and the fat, from the sons of Aaron, to him shall be the right leg for a portion. read more.
For the breast of the waving and the leg of the oblation, I took from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of peace, and I will give them to Aaron the priest, and to his sons for a law forever, from the sons of Israel.

Leviticus 7:6-10

Every male among the priests shall eat it: in the holy place it shall be eaten: it is holy of holies. As the sin, so the trespass: one law for them: the priest who shall expiate upon it, to him it shall be. And the priest bringing near a man's burnt-offering, the skin of the burnt-offering which was brought near for the priest, to him it shall be. read more.
And every gift which shall be baked in an oven, and all being done in a pot and upon the frying-pan, to the priest bringing it, to him it shall be. And every gift mixed with oil, and dry, to all the sons of Aaron it shall be, each as his brother.

Numbers 6:19

And the priest took the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake from the basket, and one thin unleavened cake, and gave upon the hands of him consecrated, after his shaving his consecration.

Numbers 18:8-11

And Jehovah will speak to Aaron, And I, behold, I gave to thee the watches of my offerings for all the holy things of the sons of Israel; to thee I gave them, for the anointing, and to thy sons for a law forever. This shall be to thee from the holy of holies, from the fire: all their oblations for all their gifts, and for all their sins, and for all their sacrifices, which they shall give back to me, it is holy of holies to thee and to thy sons. In the holy of holies ye shall eat it; every male shall eat it: holy shall it be to thee. read more.
And this is to thee; the offerings of their gifts for all the liftings up of the sons of Israel: to thee I gave them, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, for a law forever: all clean in thy house shall eat it

Deuteronomy 18:3

And this shall be the judgment of the priests from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep; and give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks and the maw.

priests » Laws concerning

Leviticus 10:9

Wine and strong drink thou shalt not drink, thou and thy sons with thee, in your going in to the tent of appointment; and ye shall not die: a law forever to your generations.

Exodus 40:15

And anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they were priests to me; and it was to be to them an anointing for the priesthood forever for their generations.

Ezra 7:24

And making known to you that all the priests and Levites, the players, the porters, the Nethinims, and those serving this house of God, tribute, excise and toll, not being permitted to be lifted up upon them.

Nehemiah 7:65

And the Tirshatha will say to them that they shall not eat from the holy of holies till a priest stood up for Lights and Truth.

More verses: Leviticus 21:1

priests » High priests

Exodus 28:1

And thou, bring thou Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for him to be a priest to me, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, sons of Aaron.

Zechariah 3:1

And he will cause me to see Joshua the great priest standing before the messenger of Jehovah, and the adversary standing upon his right hand for his adversary.

Hebrews 5:5

So also Christ honoured not himself, to become chief priest; but he having spoken to him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.

Leviticus 21:10

And the great priest from his brethren which the anointing oil shall be poured upon his head, and he filled his hand to put on the garments, his head he shall not uncover, and his garments he shall not rend.

priests » Divided by david into twenty-four courses

2 Chronicles 8:14

And he will set up according to the judgment of David his father the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their watches, to praise and to serve before the priests for the word of a day in its day; and the gate-keepers in their divisions, to gate and gate: for thus the command of David the man of God.

1 Chronicles 24:1-19

And to the sons of Aaron their divisions. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And Nadab will die, and Abihu, before their father; and sons were not to them: and Eleazar and Ithamar will be priests. And David will separate them, and Zadok from the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech from the sons, of Ithamar, for their reviewing in their service. read more.
And the sons of Eleazar will be found many for heads, mighty ones above the sons of Ithamar; and they will be divided: to the sons of Eleazar, heads to the house of the fathers, sixteen; and to the sons of Ithamar, to the house of their fathers, eight And they will be divided by lots, these with these, for the chiefs of the holy place, and the chiefs of God, were from the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar. And Shemaiah, son of Nathaniel the scribe, son of the Levites, will write them before the king, and the chiefs, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers to the priests and to the Levites: one house of a father taken for Eleazar, and taking, he took for Ithamar. And the first lot will go forth to Jehoiarib, to Jedaiah the second, To Harim the third, to Seorim the fourth, To Malchijah the fifth, to Mijamin the sixth, To Hakkoz the seventh, to Abijah the eighth, To Joshua the ninth, to Shecaniah the tenth, To Eliashib the eleventh, to Jakim the twelfth, To Huppah the thirteenth, to Jeshebeab the fourteenth, To Bilgah the fifteenth, to Immer the sixteenth, To Hezir the seventeenth, to Aphses the eighteenth, To Pethahiah, the nineteenth, to Jehezekel, the twentieth. To Jachin, the one and twentieth, to Gamul the two and twentieth, To Delaiah, the three and twentieth, to Maaziah, the four and twentieth. These their reviewing for their service to come into the house of Jehovah according to their judgment, by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah God of Israel commanded him.

2 Chronicles 35:4-5

And prepare yourselves to the house of your fathers in your divisions, in the writing of David king of Israel, and in the writing of Solomon his son: And stand ye in the holy place for the divisions of the house of the fathers to your brethren the sons of the people, and the division of the father's house to the Levites.

priests » Each course of, had its president or chief

1 Chronicles 24:6

And Shemaiah, son of Nathaniel the scribe, son of the Levites, will write them before the king, and the chiefs, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers to the priests and to the Levites: one house of a father taken for Eleazar, and taking, he took for Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:31

And they will also cast lots near their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers to the priests and to the Levites, the fathers the head near his brethren the small

2 Chronicles 36:14

Also all the chiefs of the priests and the people multiplied to Transgress transgression according to all the abominations of the nations; and they will defile the house of Jehovah which he consecrated in Jerusalem.

priests » Services of » Offering sacrifices

2 Chronicles 29:34

Only the priests were for fewness and they could not slaughter all the burnt-offerings: and their brethren the Levites will strengthen them till the finishing of the work, and till the priests shall consecrate themselves: for the Levites being upright of heart to consecrate themselves more than the priests.

2 Chronicles 35:11

And they will slaughter the passover, and the priests will sprinkle from their hand, and the Levites flaying.

priests » Punishment for invading the office of

Numbers 18:7

And thou and thy sons with thee shall watch your priesthood for all the word of the altar, and to within the vail; and ye served: the services a gift I will give your priesthood; and the stranger coming near shall die.

2 Chronicles 26:16-21

And in his being strong his heart was lifted up even to destruction: for he will transgress against Jehovah his God, and come in to the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense. And Azariah the priest will go in after him, and with him eighty priests to Jehovah, sons of strength. And they will stand against Uzziah the king, and say to him, Not to thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to Jehovah, but to the priests, the sons of Aaron, being consecrated to burn incense: go forth from the holy place, for thou didst trespass; and not to thee for honor from Jehovah God. read more.
And Uzziah will he angry, and in his hand a censer to burn incense: and in his being angry with the priests, the leprosy rose in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, from above to the altar of incense. And Azariah the head priest will turn to him, and all the priests, and behold, he was smitten in his forehead, and they will drive him out from thence; and he also hastened to go forth, for Jehovah struck him. And Uzziah the king will be smitten even to the day of his death; and he dwelt in a house of infirmity, leprous; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

Numbers 16:1-35

And Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, will take, and Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab; and On, son of Peleth, sons of Reuben; And they will rise up before Moses, and men from the sons of Israel, fifty and two hundred chiefs of the assembly, called by appointment, and men of name: And they will gather together against Moses, and against Aaron, and they will say to them, Much to you for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah in the midst of them: and wherefore shall be lifted up over the gathering of Jehovah? read more.
And Moses will hear, and will fall upon his face: And he will speak to Korah and to all his assembly, saying, The morning Jehovah will make known who is to him, and the holy; and bring near to him: and whom he will choose for him he will bring near to himself. This do ye: take to you censers, Korah and all his assembly: And ye shall give fire in them and put upon them incense, before Jehovah to-morrow: and it was the man whom Jehovah shall choose, he is holy: much to you, ye sons of Levi. And Moses will say to Korah, Hear, now, ye sons of Levi: Is this small for you that the God of Israel separated you from the assembly of Israel to bring you near to him to serve the services of the dwelling of Jehovah, and to stand before the assembly to serve them? He will bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and did ye seek also the priesthood? For this thou and all thine assembly being collected together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that ye shall murmur against him? And Moses will send to call for Dathan and for Abiram, sons of Eliab and they will say, We will not come up. Is this small that thou broughtest us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert, that thou ruling also wilt rule over us? But not to a land flowing with milk and honey didst thou bring us; and wilt thou give to us the inheritance of field and vineyard? the eyes of these men wilt thou bore out? we will not come up. And it will be kindled to Moses greatly, and he will say to Jehovah, Thou wilt not turn to their gift: not one ass did I take from them, and I did not evil to one of them. And Moses will say to Korah, Be thou and all thine assembly before Jehovah, thou and they, and Aaron, to-morrow: And take each his censer and put incense upon them, and bring them near before Jehovah, each his censer and put incense upon them, and bring them near before Jehovah, each his censer, fifty and two hundred censers; and thou and Aaron, each his censer. And they will take each his censer and will give upon them fire, and will put incense upon them, and they will stand at the door of the tent of appointment, and Moses and Aaron. And Korah will gather against them all the assembly at the door of the tent of appointment; and the glory of Jehovah will be seen to all the assembly. And Jehovah will speak to Moses, and to Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them as in a moment, And they shall fall upon their faces, and they will say, God, the God of the spirits for all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be angry against all the assembly. And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, Speak to all the assembly, saying, Go up from round about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Moses will rise up and go to Dathan and Abiram; and the old men of Israel will go after him. And he will speak to the assembly, saying, Remove, now, from the tents of these guilty men, and ye shall not touch upon any thing which is to them lest ye shall he destroyed in all their sin. And they will go up from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, from round about; and Dathan and Abiram will come forth, standing at the door of their tents, and their wives and their sons and their little ones. And Moses will say, By this shall ye know that Jehovah sent me to do all these works; for not from my heart If according to the death of all men these shall die, if the providence of all men shall be reviewed upon them, Jehovah sent me not And if Jehovah shall create a creation, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and all which is to them, and they went down living to hades; and ye know that these men rejected Jehovah, And it shall be as he finished to speak all these words, the earth shall cleave asunder which is under them: And the earth shall open her mouth and shall swallow them and their houses, and all the men which to Korah, and all the possessions. And they went down, and all which is to them, living, to hades, and the earth shall cover over them; and they shall perish from the midst of the gathering. And all Israel which were round about them fled at their voice: for they said, Lest the earth shall swallow us. And a fire will come forth from Jehovah and will consume the fifty and two hundred men bringing the incense

priests » Revenues of » Show-bread after its removal

Matthew 12:4

How he went into the house of God, and ate the loaves of setting up, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor those with him, but for the priests alone?

Leviticus 24:9

And it was to Aaron and to his sons, and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is holy of holies to him from the sacrifices of Jehovah a law forever.

1 Samuel 21:4-6

And the priest will answer David and say, No common bread under my hand, but there is consecrated bread; if the boys watched themselves only from women. And David will answer the priest and say to him, That truly woman was withheld to us for yesterday the third day, in my coming forth, and the vessels of the boys holy, and this way common, and truly if this day it shall be consecrated in the vessel And the priest will give to him the holy, for there was not there bread except the bread of the face, being taken away from before Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of taking it

priests » On special occasions persons not of aaron's family acted as

1 Kings 18:33

And he will put in order the woods, and he will cut the bullock in pieces and put upon the woods,

1 Samuel 7:9

And Samuel will take one fat lamb and bring up a burnt-offering wholly to Jehovah: and Samuel will cry to Jehovah for Israel, and Jehovah will answer him.

Judges 6:24-27

And Gideon will build there an altar to Jehovah, and he will call to him Jehovah-peace: till this day and it yet in Ophrah of the father of Edrei. And it will be in that night Jehovah will say to him, Take a bullock of the oxen which is to thy father, and the second bullock of seven years, and break in pieces the altar of Baal, which is to thy father, and the wooden pillar which is upon it thou shalt cut down; And build an altar to Jehovah thy God upon the head of this strong place, in order, and take the second bullock and bring up a burnt-offering upon the wood of the wooden pillar which thou shalt cut down. read more.
And Gideon will take ten men of his servants, and he will do as Jehovah spake to him: and it will be as he will fear the house of his father and the men of the city doing in the day, and he will do in the night

priests » Ceremonies at consecration of » Clothing with the holy garments

Leviticus 8:13

And Moses will bring near the sons of Aaron, and he will put tunics upon them, and he will gird on them with the girdle and he will bind to them caps; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Exodus 29:8

And his sons thou shalt bring near and put tunics upon them.

Exodus 40:14

And his sons thou shalt bring near, and put tunics upon them.

priests » All except seed of aaron excluded from being

Numbers 16:40

A remembrance to the sons of Israel, so that a man, a stranger, shall not come near, he who is not from the seed of Aaron, to burn incense before Jehovah; and he shall not be as Korah and as his assembly: as Jehovah spake to him by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 18:7

And thou and thy sons with thee shall watch your priesthood for all the word of the altar, and to within the vail; and ye served: the services a gift I will give your priesthood; and the stranger coming near shall die.

priests » Services of » Keeping the charge of the tabernacle, &c

Numbers 18:1

And Jehovah will say to Aaron, Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the holy place: and thou and thy sons with thee, shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Numbers 18:7

And thou and thy sons with thee shall watch your priesthood for all the word of the altar, and to within the vail; and ye served: the services a gift I will give your priesthood; and the stranger coming near shall die.

Numbers 18:5

And ye watched the watches of the holy place, and the watches of the altar; and anger shall no more be upon the sons of Israel.

priests » During patriarchal age heads of families acted as

Genesis 12:8

And he will remove from thence to the mountain from the cast of the house of God, and shall stretch forth his tent; Bethel from the sea, and Hai from the east, and he shall build there an altar to Jehovah, and will call upon the name of Jehovah.

Genesis 35:7

And he will build there an altar, and will call the place, God, the house of God; for there God appeared to him in his fleeing from the face of his brother.

priests » Were to live by the altar as they had no inheritance

1 Corinthians 9:13

Do ye not know that they working consecrated things, eat of the temple? they working diligently at the altar, share together with the altar?

Deuteronomy 18:1-2

There shall not be to the priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, part and inheritance with Israel: the sacrifices of Jehovah and his inheritance they shall eat And an inheritance shall not be to him in the midst of his brethren: Jehovah, he is his inheritance, as he spake to him.

priests » Services of » Judging in cases of controversy

Deuteronomy 21:5

And the priests, the sons of Levi, came near, for in them Jehovah thy God chose to serve him and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth shall be every controversy and every blow.

Deuteronomy 17:8-13

When a word shall be hard for thee for judging between blood to blood, between controversy to controversy, and between blow to blow, words of contention in thy gates; and thou didst arise and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose in it; And thou didst go to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge which shall be in those days, and seek out; and they shall announce to thee the word of judgment And thou shalt do according to the mouth of the word which they shall announce to thee from that place which Jehovah shall choose; and thou shalt watch to do according to all which they shall shew thee: read more.
According to the mouth of the precept which they shall shew thee, and according to the judgment which they shall say to thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not turn aside from the word which they shall announce to thee, to the right, and to the left And the man which shall do in pride not to hear to the priest, he standing to serve there Jehovah thy God, or to the judge, and that man shall die: and put thou away evil from Israel And all the people shall hear, and shall fear, and shall no more act proudly.

priests » Services of » Deciding in cases of leprosy

Leviticus 13:2-59

When to a man there shall be a lifting up in the skin of his flesh, or a scab, or brightness, and it was in the skin of his flesh for the stroke of leprosy; and he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests. And the priest saw the stroke in the skin of the flesh: and the hair in the stroke turned white, and the sight of the stroke deep from the skin of his flesh, it is the stroke of leprosy: and the priest saw him and defiled him. And if the brightness it white in the skin of his flesh, and its sight not deep from the skin, and the hair not turned white; and the priest shut up the stroke seven days. read more.
And the priest saw him in the seventh day: and behold, the stroke stood; in his eyes, the stroke spread not in the skin, and the priest shut him up the second seven days. And the priest saw him in the seventh day, the second time, and behold, the stroke dim, and the stroke spread not in the skin, and the priest cleansed him: it is a scab: and he washed his garments and was clean. And if spreading, the scab shall spread in the skin, after his being seen to the priest for his cleansing, and he was seen the second time to the priest And the priest saw, and behold, the scab spread in the skin, and the priest defiled him: it is leprosy. When the stroke of leprosy shall be in a man, and he shall be brought to the priest: And the priest saw, and behold, a lifting up white in the skin, and it turned the hair white, and the quickening of living flesh in the lifting up: It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall defile him; he shall not shut him up for he is unclean. And if breaking out, the leprosy shall break out in the skin, and the leprosy covered all the skin, the stroke from his head and even to his feet, to all the sight of the eyes of the priest: And the priest saw, and behold, the leprosy covered all his flesh, and he cleansed the stroke: all of it turned white: he is clean. In the day of seeing in him the living flesh, he shall be unclean. And the priest saw the living flesh, and he defiled him: the living flesh it is unclean: it is leprosy. Or when the living flesh shall turn back and turn to white, he shall be brought to the priest And the priest saw him, and behold, the stroke turned to white; and the priest cleansed the stroke: he is clean. And when the flesh shall be in it, in his skin, a burning sore, and was healed, And there was in the place of the burning sore a white rising, or brightness, white, reddish, and he was seen to the priest; And the priest saw, and behold, the sight low from the skin, and its hair turned white: and the priest defiled him: it is the stroke of leprosy broken out in the burning sore. And if the priest shall see it, and behold, no white hair in it, and it not low from the skin, and it was dim; and the priest shut him up seven days: And if spreading, it shall spread in the skin, and the priest defiled him: it the stroke. And if the brightness shall stand still, lowest, spreading not, it the scar of the burning sore; and the priest cleansed him. Or when there shall be flesh in his skin a burning of fire, and there was a quickening of the burning, a brightness reddish white, or white; And the priest saw it, and behold, the hair in the brightness was turned white, and the sight was deep from the skin; it leprosy in the burning broken out: and the priest defiled him: it the stroke of leprosy. And if the priest shall see it, and behold, no white hair in the burning, and it not being low from the skin, and it was dim; and the priest shut him up seven days. And the priest saw him in the seventh day: if spreading, it shall spread in the skin, and the priest shall defile him: it the stroke of leprosy. And if the brightness shall stand still, the lowest, spreading not in the skin, and it was dim; it a rising of the burning, and the priest cleansed him: for it a scar of the burning. And when a man or woman there shall be in him a stroke upon the head, or in the beard; And the priest saw the stroke, and behold, its sight deep from the skin, and in it thin, yellow hair; and the priest defiled him: it a scall, it a leprosy of the head, or of the beard. And when the priest shall see the stroke of the scall, and behold, its sight not deep from the skin, and no black hair in it; and the priest shut up the stroke of the scall seven days. And the priest saw the stroke in the seventh day: and behold, the scab spread not, and there was no yellow hair in it, and the sight of the scall not deep from the skin; And he was shaved, and the scall he shall not shave, and the priest shut up the scall seven days the second time And the priest saw the scall in the seventh day, and behold, the scall spread not in the skin, and its sight not deep from the skin; and the priest cleansed him; and he washed his garments and was clean. And if spreading, the scall shall spread in the skin after his purification; And the priest saw him: and behold, the scall spread in the skin, the priest shall not search for yellow hair; he is unclean. And if in his eyes the scall stood still, and black hair sprang up in it, the scall was healed; he is clean: and the priest cleansed him. And when a man or woman shall be in the skin of their flesh a brightness, a white brightness; And the priest saw, and behold, in the skin of their flesh a brightness, a dim white; it is a white scurf breaking out in the skin: he is clean. And if a man when his head shall become bald, he being bald; he is clean. And if from the side of his face his head shall become bald, he is bald; he is clean. And when there shall be in his baldness behind, or in his baldness in front, a stroke, reddish white, it is a leprosy broken out in his baldness behind, or in his baldness in front And the priest saw it, and behold, the rising of the stroke, a reddish white, in his baldness behind, or in his baldness in front, as the sight of leprosy, in the skin of the flesh; He a leprous man, he unclean: he being unclean the priest shall defile him; his stroke in his head. And the leprous in whom the stroke, his garments shall be rent, and his head shall be uncovered, and upon the lips he shall be covered, and he shall cry, Unclean, unlcean. All the days which the stroke is in him, he shall be unclean: he is unclean: he shall dwell separately; without the camp is his dwelling. When a garment the stroke of leprosy shall be in it, whether in the garment of wool or in the garment of linen; Or in the warp, or in the woof, to the linen or to the wool: or in the skin, or in any work of skin: And the stroke was greenish, or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin; it is the stroke of leprosy, and it was seen to the priest And the priest saw the stroke, and shut up the stroke seven days. And he saw the stroke in the seventh day: when the stroke spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, and all which made of skin for work; the stroke a painful leprosy; it unclean. And he burnt the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or in wool, or in linen, or any vessel of skin which shall be in it the stroke: for it a painful leprosy; in fire shall it be burnt And if the priest shall see, and behold, the stroke spread not in the garment, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin; And the priest commanded, and they washed that in which was the stroke, and he shut it up seven days, the second time. And the priest saw after the washing, the stroke, and behold, the stroke turned not its eye, and the stroke spread not; it unclean; in fire thou shalt burn it; it a hollow in his baldness behind, or in his baldness in front And if the priest saw, and behold, the stroke dim after washing it: he rent it out of the garment or from the skin, or from the warp, or from the woof. And if it shall be seen still in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin; it is breaking out: in the fire thou shalt burn it, that in which is the stroke. And the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any vessel of skin which thou shalt wash, and the stroke departed from them, and it was washed the second time, and it was clean. This the law of the stroke of leprosy of the garment of wool, or of linen, or the warp or the woof, or every vessel of skin, to cleanse it or to defile it

Leviticus 14:34-45

When ye shall come into the land of Canaan which I give to you for a possession, and I gave the stroke of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; And he to whom is the house, came and announced to the priest, saying, It was seen to me as a stroke in the house. And the priest commanded, and they cleared the house, before the priest shall go in to see the stroke, and all which is in the house shall not be unclean; and after this the priest shall go in to see the house. read more.
And he saw the stroke; and behold, the stroke in the walls of the house, the hollows greenish, or reddish and their sight low from the wall. And the priest shall go forth from the house to the door of the house, and he shut up the house seven days. And the priest turned back in the seventh day, and saw, and behold, the stroke spread in the walls of the house. And the priest commanded, and they took away the stones which in them was the stroke, and they cast them without the city into an unclean place. And he shall scrape the house from within round about, and they poured out the dust which they scraped off without the city, into an unclean place. And they took other stones and brought instead of these stones; and he shall take other clay and spread over the house. And if the stroke shall turn back and break out in the house after he took away the stones, and after he scraped off the house, and after it was spread over; And the priest came and saw, and behold, the stroke spread in the house; it a painful leprosy in the house: it is unclean. And he tore down the house, and its stones, and its wood, and all the dust of the house: and he brought forth without the city, into an unclean place.

priests » Thirteen of the levitical cities given to, for residence

Numbers 35:1-8

And Jehovah will speak to Moses in the desert of Moab by Jordan of Jericho, saying, Command the sons of Israel, and they gave to the Levites from the inhentance of their possession, cities to dwell in; and areas to the cities round about them shall ye give to the Levites And the cities were to them to dwell in; and their areas shall be for their cattle, and for their horses, and for all their beasts. read more.
And the areas of the cities which ye shall give to the Levites from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about And ye measured from without the city the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand by the cubit, and the side of the sea two thousand by the cubit, and the north side two thousand by the cubit; and the city in the midst: this shall be to them the areas of the cities. And the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, six cities of refuge, which ye shall give to flee there to the slayer: and upon them ye shall give forty and two All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, forty and eight cities: them and their areas. And the cities which ye shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel: from the many ye shall multiply; and from the few ye shall diminish: each according to his inheritance which they shall inherit, he shall give from his cities to the Levites.

1 Chronicles 6:57-60

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron and Libnah and her areas, and Jattir and Eshtemoa, and her areas, And Hilen and her areas, and Debir and her areas, And Ashan and her areas, and the house of the sun and her areas: read more.
And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba and her areas, and Alemeth and her areas, and Anathoth and her areas. All their cities thirteen cities in their families.

priests » Services of » Teaching the law

Deuteronomy 33:10

And they shall teach thy judgments to Jacob, and thy law to Israel; they will put incense at thy nose, and whole burnt-offerings upon thine altar.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And to Levi he said, Thy Truth and thy Light to the godly man whom they tried in the trial; thou wilt contend with him at the water of contention.

priests » Ceremonies at consecration of » Partaking of the sacrifices of consecration

Exodus 29:31-33

And the ram of completion thou shalt take and boil his flesh in the holy place. And Aaron shall eat and his sons, the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the of appointment And they shall eat these which covered up in them to fill their hand to consecrate them: and a stranger shall not eat for they are holy.

Leviticus 8:31-32

And Moses will say to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of appointment; and there ye shall eat it, and the bread which is in the basket of the fillings up, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. And the remainder of the flesh and of the bread ye shall burn in fire.

priests » Ceremonies at consecration of » Placing in their hands the wave-offering

Exodus 29:22-24

And take from the ram the fat and the fat tail, and the fat covering the bowels, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, and the right leg, for it is a ram of fulness. And one round of bread, and one cake of fat bread, and one thin cake from the basket of the unleavened that is before. Jehovah. And put all upon the hands of Aaron and upon the hands of his sons; and lift them up a waving before Jehovah.

Leviticus 8:25-27

And he will take the fat and the fat tail, and all the fat which is upon the bowels, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and the right leg: And from the basket of unleavened which is before Jehovah he took one unleavened cake and a cake of bread of oil, and one thin cake, and he will put upon the fat and upon the right leg: And he will give the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and he shall lift them up a waving before Jehovah.

priests » Ceremonies at consecration of » Offering sacrifices

Exodus 29:10-19

And bring near the bullock before the tent of the appointment; and Aaron and his sons put their hands upon the head of the bullock, And slaughter the bullock before Jehovah at the door of the tent of the appointment. And take from the blood of the bullock, and give upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and all the blood thou shalt pour at the foundation of the altar. read more.
And take all the fat of the covering upon the bowels, and the lobes upon the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn upon the altar. And the flesh of the bullock and his skin, and his dung shalt thou burn with fire from without the camp: this the sin. And the one ram thou shalt take; and Aaron and his sons put their hands upon the head of the ram. And slaughter the ram, and take his blood and sprinkle upon the altar round about And the ram thou shalt cut into his pieces, and wash his bowels, and his legs, and give upon his pieces and upon his head. And burn all the ram upon the altar: this a burnt-offering to Jehovah: this a sacrifice, a smell of a sweet odor to Jehovah. And take the second ram; and Aaron put, and his sons, their hands upon the head of the ram.

Leviticus 8:14-23

And he will bring near the bullock of sin: and Aaron and his sons will place their hands upon the head of the bullock of sin. And he will slaughter; and Moses will take the blood and give upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and he will purify the altar, and he will sour out the blood at the foundation of the altar, and he will consecrate it to expiate upon it And he will take all the fat which upon the bowels, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses will burn upon the altar. read more.
And the bullock and his skin, and his flesh, and his dung, he burnt in fire without the camp, as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he will bring the ram of the burnt-offering: and Aaron and his sons will place their hands upon the head of the ram. And he will slaughter, and Moses will sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses will burn the head and the pieces, and the fat. And the bowels and the legs he washed in water; and Moses will burn all the ram upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering for an odor of sweetness; it is a sacrifice to Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses. And he will bring the second ram, the ram of the filling up: and Aaron and his sons will place their hands upon the head of the ram. And he will slaughter, and Moses will take from its blood, and will give upon the extremity of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

priests » Generally participated in punishment of the people

Lamentations 2:20

See, O Jehovah, and look to whom thou didst accomplish this Shall the women eat their fruit, the children borne upon the hands? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the holy place of Jehovah?

Jeremiah 14:18

If I shall go forth into the field, and behold, the wounded of the sword and if I came into the city, and behold, they shall be sick with famine for also the prophet, also the priest went about to a land they knew not

priests » The duties of a priest

Leviticus 21:1-15

And Jehovah will say to Moses, Say to the priests the sons of Aaron, and say to them, for the soul he shall not be defiled among his peoples. But if for his remainder coming near to him, for his mother and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, And for his sister, a virgin, coming near to him, who was not for a husband for her, he shall be defiled. read more.
A chief among his people shall not be defiled, to profane himself. With baldness, they shall not make baldness upon their head, and they shall not shave the extremity of their beard: and in their flesh they shall not cut incisions. They shall be holy to their God, and profane not the name of their God: for the sacrifices of Jehovah, and the bread of their God they bring: and they were holy. They shall not take a woman, a harlot, or profane; and they shall not take a wife driven away from her husband, for he is holy to his God. And he consecrated him, for he bringing the bread of thy God: holy shall he be to thee: for I Jehovah consecrating you am holy, And the daughter of a man a priest, if she shall be profaned to commit fornication, it is profaning her father: she shall be burnt in fire. And the great priest from his brethren which the anointing oil shall be poured upon his head, and he filled his hand to put on the garments, his head he shall not uncover, and his garments he shall not rend. And to an dead soul he shall not come, for his father, and for his mother, he shall not be defiled. And from the holy place he shall not go forth, and he shall not profane the holy place of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him I Jehovah. And he shall take a wife in her virginity. A widow, and the driven away, and profane, and an harlot, those he shall not take: but a virgin of his people shall he take a wife. And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I Jehovah consecrating him.

Malachi 2:1-7

And now to you this command, O ye priests. If ye will not hear and if ye will not set upon your heart to give honor to my name, said Jehovah of armies, and I sent a curse upon you, and I cursed your blessings, and also I cursed it for your not setting upon the heart. Behold me rebuking the seed to you, and I scattered dung upon your faces, the dung of your festivals; and it lifted you up to it. read more.
And ye knew that I sent this command to you, for my covenant to be with Levi, said Jehovah of armies. My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I will give them to him fearing, and he shall fear me, and from the face of my name he was terrified. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: in truth and in uprightness he went with me, and he turned back many from iniquity. For the lips of the priest shall watch knowledge, and they shall seek the law from his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of armies.

priests » Ceremonies at consecration of » Lasted seven days

Exodus 29:35-37

And do to Aaron and to his sons, thus according to all which I commanded thee: seven days shalt thou fill their hand. And the bullock of sin, thou shalt do in the day of expiations, and make an atonement upon the altar in thy making an atonement upon its and anoint it to consecrate it Seven days thou shalt expiate upon the altar, and consecrate it; and it was the holy altar of holies: all touching upon the altar shall be holy.

Leviticus 8:33

And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of appointment, seven days, till the day of filling up the days of your fillings up: for seven days shall he fill your hands.

priests » Revenues of » Redemption-money of the first-born

Numbers 18:15-16

Every thing cleaving the womb for all flesh, which they shall bring to Jehovah, in man or in cattle, shall be to thee: but redeeming, thou shalt redeem the first-born of man, and the firstborn of unclean cattle thou shalt redeem. And those being redeemed from the son of a month, shalt thou redeem according to thy estimation, the silver of five shekels according to the holy shekel, it is twenty gerahs.

Numbers 3:48

And give the silver to Aaron and to his sons, the price of redemption of those remaining over among them.

priests » Revenues of » First fruits

Numbers 18:8

And Jehovah will speak to Aaron, And I, behold, I gave to thee the watches of my offerings for all the holy things of the sons of Israel; to thee I gave them, for the anointing, and to thy sons for a law forever.

Numbers 18:12-13

All the fat of the oil, and all the fat of the new wine, and of the grain, their first-fruits which they shall give to Jehovah, to thee I gave them. The first-fruits, all which are in the land which they shall bring to Jehovah, shall be to thee; all clean in thy house shall eat it.

priests » Disobedient priests

Zephaniah 3:1-4

Wo! to the wonderful and oppressing city being redeemed. She heard not to the voice: she received not instruction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God. Her chiefs in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges evening wolves; they laid not up for the morning. read more.
Her prophets vain-glorious men of treacheries: her priests defiled the holy place, they violated the law.

Malachi 2:1-9

And now to you this command, O ye priests. If ye will not hear and if ye will not set upon your heart to give honor to my name, said Jehovah of armies, and I sent a curse upon you, and I cursed your blessings, and also I cursed it for your not setting upon the heart. Behold me rebuking the seed to you, and I scattered dung upon your faces, the dung of your festivals; and it lifted you up to it. read more.
And ye knew that I sent this command to you, for my covenant to be with Levi, said Jehovah of armies. My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I will give them to him fearing, and he shall fear me, and from the face of my name he was terrified. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: in truth and in uprightness he went with me, and he turned back many from iniquity. For the lips of the priest shall watch knowledge, and they shall seek the law from his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of armies. And ye departed out of the way; ye made many weak by the law; ye corrupted the covenant of Levi, said Jehovah of armies. And also I set you despised and low to all the people, according as ye watch not my way, and lift up the face against the law.

priests » Special laws respecting » Not to drink wine, &c while attending in the tabernacle

Leviticus 10:9

Wine and strong drink thou shalt not drink, thou and thy sons with thee, in your going in to the tent of appointment; and ye shall not die: a law forever to your generations.

priests » Services of » Blowing the trumpets on various occasions

Numbers 10:1-10

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, Make to thyself two trumpets of silver; turned work shalt thou make them: and they were to thee for calling the assembly and for the removing the camp. And they sounded with them, and they assembled to thee all the assembly at the door of the tent of appointment read more.
And if they shall sound with one, and to thee assembled the chiefs of the heads of the thousands of Israel. And ye sounded the signal, and the camps encamping eastward, removed. And ye sounded the signal the second time, and the camps encamping to the south, removed: they shall sound the signal for their removings. And in the assembly being gathered together, ye shall sound, and shall not sound loud. And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall sound with the trumpets; and they were to you for a law forever to your generations. And when ye shall go out to war in your land against the enemy pressing you, and ye sounded the signal in the trumpets; and ye were remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye were saved from your enemies. And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointments, and in the heads of your mouths, and ye shall sound with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace; and they were to you for a remembrance before your God: I am Jehovah your God.

Joshua 6:3-4

And encompass the city all ye men of war, and surround the city one time: so shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall lift up seven trumpets of alarms before the ark: and in the seventh day ye shall encompass the city seven times, and the priests shall clang the trumpets.

priests » Might purchase and hold other lands in possession

1 Kings 2:26

And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth upon thy field: for thou a man of death: and in this day will not kill thee, for thou didst lift up the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wert afflicted in all which my father was afflicted.

Jeremiah 32:8-9

And Hanameel mine uncle's son will come to me according to the word of Jehovah, to the enclosure of the prison, and he will say to me, Buy now, my field, which is in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin: for to thee judgment of possession, and to thee the redemption; buy to thee, and I shall know that this is the word of Jehovah. And I shall buy the field of Hanameel son of mine uncle, which is in Anathoth; and I shall weigh to him seven shekels and ten of silver.

priests » Revenues of » A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war

Numbers 31:29

Ye shall take from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, an offering of Jehovah.

Numbers 31:41

And Moses will give the tribute, an offering of Jehovah, to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

priests » Revenues of » Tenth of the tithes paid to the levites

Numbers 18:26

And to the Levites thou shalt speak and say to them, When ye shall take from the sons of Israel the truth which I gave to you from them for your inheritance, and ye lifted up an offering of Jehovah, a tenth from the tenth.

Numbers 18:28

So shall ye also lift up an offering of Jehovah from all your tenths, which ye shall take from the sons of Israel; and ye gave from it the offering of Jehovah to. Aaron the priest

priests » Made of the lowest of the people by jeroboam and others

1 Kings 12:21

And Rehoboam will come to Jerusalem, and he will convoke together all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen to make war to fight with the house of Israel to turn back the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

2 Kings 17:32

And they will be fearing Jehovah, and make to them priests of their ends upon the heights, and they will be doing to them in the houses of the heights.

priests » Services of, ineffectual for removing sin

Hebrews 7:11

If truly therefore completion were by the Levitical priesthood, (for the people received legislation by it,) what further need according to the order of Melchisedec for another priest to be raised, and not according to the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 10:11

And truly every priest has stood daily, serving and bringing in many times the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

priests » Ceremonies at consecration of » Washing in water

Exodus 29:4

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring near to the door of the tent of the appointment, and wash them in water.

Leviticus 8:6

And Moses will bring near Aaron and his sons, and will wash them in water.

priests » Ceremonies at consecration of » Anointing with oil

Exodus 40:13

And put upon Aaron the garments of the holy place, and anoint him and consecrate him; and he was priest to me.

priests » Garments of » Worn always while engaged in the service of the tabernacle

Exodus 28:43

And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons in their going into the tent of the appointment, or in their drawing near to the altar to serve in the holy place; and they shall not lift up to sin and die. A law forever to him and to his seed after him.

Exodus 39:41

The garments of stuff to serve in the holy place, and the garments of the holy place for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to be priests.

priests » Garments of » The linen breeches

Exodus 39:28

And the turbans of byssus, and the beautiful caps of byssus, and the drawers of thread of twisted byssus.

Exodus 28:42

And make for them drawers of linen to cover the flesh of nakedness: from the loins and even to the thighs they shall be.

priests » Garments of » The coat or tunic

Exodus 28:40

And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and make for them girdles, and caps shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.

Exodus 39:27

And they will make tunics of byssus, a woven work, for Aaron and for his sons.

priests » Garments of » The bonnet

Exodus 28:40

And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and make for them girdles, and caps shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.

Exodus 39:28

And the turbans of byssus, and the beautiful caps of byssus, and the drawers of thread of twisted byssus.

priests » Garments of » Worn at consecration

Exodus 29:9

And gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind to them turbans; and the priesthood shall be to them for a law forever: and fill the hand of Aaron and the hand of his sons.

Exodus 40:15

And anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they were priests to me; and it was to be to them an anointing for the priesthood forever for their generations.

priests » After the exodus young men (first-born) deputed to act as

Exodus 24:5

And he will send forth young men sons of Israel, and they will bring up burnt-offerings, and they will sacrifice sacrifices of peace to Jehovah of bullocks.

Exodus 19:22

And also the priests drawing near to Jehovah, shall be consecrated, lest Jehovah shall break forth upon them.

priests » The sons of aaron appointed as, by perpetual statute

Exodus 29:9

And gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind to them turbans; and the priesthood shall be to them for a law forever: and fill the hand of Aaron and the hand of his sons.

Exodus 40:15

And anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they were priests to me; and it was to be to them an anointing for the priesthood forever for their generations.

priests » Illustrative of » Saints

priests » Were sometimes » Corrupters of the law

Isaiah 28:7

And these also went astray by wine, and by strong drink they erred; the priest and the prophet went astray by strong drink, they were swallowed up from wine, they erred from strong drink, they went astray in seeing, they wavered in judgment.

priests » Required » Prove » Geneology

Ezra 2:62

These sought their writing of those being enrolled, and they found not: and they will be polluted from the priesthood.

Nehemiah 7:64

These sought their writing of those being enrolled, and it was not found: and they will be defiled from the priesthood.

priests » Publicly consecrated

Numbers 3:3

These the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests being anointed, of whom he filled their hands to be priests.

Exodus 28:3

Thou shalt speak to all the wise of heart, whom I filled with the spirit of wisdom, and they shall make the garments of Aaron to consecrate him, for him to be a priest to me.

priests » Services of » Carrying the ark

Joshua 3:6

And Joshua will say to the priests, saying, Lift up the ark of the covenant and pass through before the people. And they will lift up the ark of the covenant and will go before the people.

Joshua 6:12

And Joshua will rise early in the morning, and the priests will lift up the ark of Jehovah.

priests » The four courses which returned from babylon subdivided into twenty-four

Luke 1:5

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the daily order of Abia: and his wife the daughter of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

Ezra 2:36-39

The priests: the sons of Jedaiah to the house of Joshua, nine hundred seventy and three. The sons of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. The sons of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. read more.
The sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

priests » Special laws respecting » Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of their holy things

Leviticus 22:14-16

And when a man shall eat the holy thing in error, and he shall add its fifth upon it, and give the holy thing to the priest. And they shall not profane the holies of the sons of Israel which they shall lift up to Jehovah; And for them to take up the sin of trespass in their eating the holies: for I Jehovah consecrating them.

priests » Were sometimes » Slow to sanctify themselves for God's services

2 Chronicles 29:34

Only the priests were for fewness and they could not slaughter all the burnt-offerings: and their brethren the Levites will strengthen them till the finishing of the work, and till the priests shall consecrate themselves: for the Levites being upright of heart to consecrate themselves more than the priests.

priests » Services of » Encouraging the people when they went to war

Deuteronomy 20:1-4

When thou shalt go forth to war against thine enemy, and thou sawest horse and chariot, a multitude of people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God is with thee, he bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt And it was in your coming near to the war, and the priest approached and spake to the people, And he said to them, Hear, O Israel; ye come near this day to war against your enemies: your heart shall not be cast down, ye shall not fear, and ye shall not take flight, and ye shall not be terrified from their face. read more.
For Jehovah your God goes with you to war with you against your enemies, to save you.

priests » Services of » Purifying the unclean

Leviticus 15:30-31

And the priest did the one a sin, and the one a burnt-offering; and the priest expiated for her, before Jehovah, from the flowing of her uncleanness. And ye winnowed the sons of Israel from their uncleanness; and they shall not die in their uncleanness in defiling my dwelling which is in the midst of you.

priests » Services of » Offering first-fruits

Leviticus 23:10-11

Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When ye shall come into the land which I give to you, and ye reaped its harvest, and brought a handful of the first-fruits of your harvest to the priest: And he lifted up the handful before Jehovah for your acceptance: on the morrow of the Sabbath the priest shall lift it up.

priests » No blemished or defective persons could be consecrated

Leviticus 21:17-23

Speak to Aaron saying, A man from thy seed according to their generations, to whom shall be in him a blemish, shall not come near to bring the bread of his God. For every man to whom in him a blemish shall not come near: a man blind, or lame, or flat-nosed, or stretched out, Or a man to whom there shall be in him a broken foot or a broken hand, read more.
Or curved, or withered, or stained in his eye, or scurvy, or scabby, or a bruised testicle: Any man to whom in him a blemish from the seed of Aaron the priest, shall not come near to bring the sacrifices of Jehovah: a blemish is in him, the bread of his God he shall not come near to bring. The bread of his God the holy of holies, and from the holies shall he eat. But he shall not come in to the vail, and to the altar he shall not come near, for a blemish is in him; and he shall not profane my holy place: for I Jehovah consecrating them.

priests » Services of » Keeping the sacred fire always burning on the altar

Leviticus 6:12-13

And the fire upon the altar shall burn in it; and it shall not go out: and the priest burnt wood upon it in the morning, in the morning, and he arranged upon it the burnt-offering; and burnt upon it the fat of the peace. The fire shall always burn upon the altar; it shall not go out

priests » Required to remain in the tabernacle seven days after consecration

Leviticus 8:33-36

And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of appointment, seven days, till the day of filling up the days of your fillings up: for seven days shall he fill your hands. As he did in this day, Jehovah commanded to do, to expiate for you. And at the door of the tent of appointment shall ye sit day and night seven days, and watch the watches of Jehovah, and ye shall not die: for so I was commanded. read more.
And Aaron did and his sons all the word which Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses.

priests » Special laws respecting » Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of kin

Leviticus 21:1-6

And Jehovah will say to Moses, Say to the priests the sons of Aaron, and say to them, for the soul he shall not be defiled among his peoples. But if for his remainder coming near to him, for his mother and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, And for his sister, a virgin, coming near to him, who was not for a husband for her, he shall be defiled. read more.
A chief among his people shall not be defiled, to profane himself. With baldness, they shall not make baldness upon their head, and they shall not shave the extremity of their beard: and in their flesh they shall not cut incisions. They shall be holy to their God, and profane not the name of their God: for the sacrifices of Jehovah, and the bread of their God they bring: and they were holy.

priests » Special laws respecting » While unclean could not eat of the holy things

Leviticus 22:3-7

Say to them, For your generations every man who shall come near from all your seed to the holies which the sons of Israel: shall consecrate to Jehovah, and his uncleanness upon him, and that soul was cut off from before me: I Jehovah. A man, a man from the seed of Aaron, and he leprous or flowing; he shall not eat of the holies till he shall be clean. And he touching upon any unclean soul, or a man which shall go forth from him the effusion of seed; Or a man who shall touch upon any creeping thing which shall be unclean to him, or upon a man who shall be unclean to him for all his uncleanness; read more.
The soul which shall touch upon it, and it shall be unclean till the evening, and he shall not eat from the holies, except he washed his flesh in water. And the sun went down and he was clean; and afterwards he shall eat from the holies for it is his bread.

priests » Special laws respecting » While unclean could not perform any service

Leviticus 22:1-2

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saing, Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and they shall separate themselves from the holies of the sons of Israel, and they shall not profane my holy name which they consecrate to me: I Jehovah.

priests » Illustrative of » Christ

Hebrews 10:11-12

And truly every priest has stood daily, serving and bringing in many times the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this, having brought in one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;

priests » Were sometimes » Greedy

1 Samuel 2:13-17

And the priests judging the people, every man sacrificing a sacrifice; and the boy of the priest came as the flesh boiled, and the fork of three teeth in his hand; And he struck into the fire-pan or into the boiler, or into the kettle, or into the pot; all which the fork will bring up the priest will take for himself. So they will do to all Israel coming there into Shiloh. Also before they will burn the fat and the boy of the priest came and said to the man sacrificing, Thou shalt give flesh to roast for the priest; and he will not take from thee flesh boiled but living. read more.
And the man will say to him, Burning, they shall burn the fat as the day, and take to thee as thy soul shall desire; and he said to him, But now thou shalt give, and if not I will take by force. And the sin of the boys will be exceedingly great before Jehovah, for the men despised the gifts of Jehovah.

priests » Were sometimes » Profane and wicked

1 Samuel 2:22-24

And Eli a very old man, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel; and they will lie with the women going forth at the door of the tent of appointment And he will say to them, Wherefore will ye do according to these words? which I heard very evil words of all this people. Nay, sons, for not a good report which I heard: causing the people of Jehovah to pass by.

priests » Revenues of » Firstborn » Of animals

Numbers 18:17-18

But the first-born of a cow, or the first-born of a sheep, or the first-born of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: their blood shalt thou pour out upon the altar, and their fat thou shalt burn a sacrifice for an odor of sweetness to Jehovah. And their flesh shall be to thee, as the breast of the lifting up, and as the right shoulder shall be to thee.

priests » Services of » Placing and removing show-bread

Leviticus 24:5-9

And take the fine flour and bake it, twelve cakes; two tenths shall be the one cake. And put them two rows, six the row, upon the pure table before Jehovah. And give upon the row pure frankincense, and it was to the bread for a remembrance; a sacrifice to Jehovah. read more.
In the day of the Sabbath, in the day of the Sabbath he shall arrange it before Jehovah always, from the sons of Israel, a covenant forever. And it was to Aaron and to his sons, and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is holy of holies to him from the sacrifices of Jehovah a law forever.

priests » Revenues of » First of the wool of sheep

Deuteronomy 18:4

The first fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and thy new oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep thou shalt give to him.

priests » Ceremonies at consecration of » Purification by blood of the consecration-ram

Exodus 29:20-21

And slaughter the ram, and take from his blood, and give upon the extremity of the ear of Aaron, and upon the extremity of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about And take from the blood that is upon the altar, and of the oil of anointing, and sprinkle upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be consecrated, and his garments and the garments of his sons with him.

priests » Special laws respecting » Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their portion

Leviticus 22:12

And if the priest's daughter shall be for a man, a stranger, she shall not eat from the offering of the holies.

priests » Special laws respecting » All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion

Leviticus 22:11

And when the priest shall buy a soul, the purchase of his silver, he shall eat of it, and they born in his house; they shall eat from his bread.

priests » Special laws respecting » No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion

Leviticus 22:10

And any stranger shall not eat the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest and a hireling shall not eat the holy thing.

priests » Services of » Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary

Exodus 27:20-21

And thou shalt command the sons of Israel, and they shall take to thee pure olive oil, beaten for the light, to lift up the light continually. In the tent of appointment from without the vail, which is over the testimony, Aaron shall arrange it, and his sons, from evening to morning, before Jehovah: a law forever for their generations for the sons of Israel.

priests » Services of » Deciding in cases of jealousy

Numbers 5:14-15

And the spirit of jealousy passed upon him, and he was jealous of his wife, and she was defiled: or the spirit of jealousy passed upon him, and he was jealous of his wife, and she was not defiled: And the man brought forth his wife to the priest, and brought her offering for her, the tenth of an ephah of flour of barley; he shall not pour oil upon it, and he shall not give frankincense upon it, for it the gift of jealousy, the gift of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

priests » Services of » Blessing the people

Numbers 6:23-27

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, So shall ye praise the sons of Israel, saying to them, Jehovah shall praise thee, and watch thee. Jehovah shall make his face shine upon thee and shall compassionate thee. read more.
Jehovah shall lift up his face to thee, and put peace to thee. And they put my name upon the sons of Israel and I will praise them.

priests » Who shall be priests of God and of Christ

priests » Required to wash in the brazen laver before they performed their services

Exodus 30:18-21

Make a brass wash-basin, and its pedestal brass, for washing: and give it between the tent of appointment and between the altar, and give water there. And Aaron and his son washed from it their hands and their feet. In their coming into the tent of appointment, they shall wash with water, and they shall not die: or in their drawing near to the altar to serve, to burn a sacrifice to Jehovah. read more.
And they shall wash their hands and their feet, and they shall not die: and it was to them a law forever, to him and to his seed and to their generations.

priests » Special laws respecting » Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn

priests » Special laws respecting » Not to marry divorced or improper persons

Leviticus 21:7

They shall not take a woman, a harlot, or profane; and they shall not take a wife driven away from her husband, for he is holy to his God.

priests » Services of » Covering the sacred things of the sanctuary before removal

Numbers 4:5-15

And Aaron came, and his sons, in the removing of the camp, and they took down the vail of the covering, and they covered with it the ark of the testimony. And they gave upon it a covering of tahash skins, and they spread over a garment wholly cerulean purple from above, and they put up its bars. And upon the table of the face they shall spread a garment cerulean purple, and they gave upon it the dishes, and the censers, and the bowls and the cups pouring out: and the continual bread shall be upon it. read more.
And they spread upon them a garment of double scarlet, and they covered it with a cover of tahash skins, and they put up the bars. And they took a garment cerulean purple, and covered the chandelier of the light, and its lamps and its,tongs and its fire pans, and all the vessels of its oil, which they shall serve to it with them: And they gave it and all its vessels into a covering of tahash skins, and they gave upon the bar. And upon the altar of gold they will spread a garment cerulean purple, and they covered it with a tahash skin covering, and they set up its bars. And they shall take all the vessels of the service which they shall serve in them in the holy place, and they gave to the garment of cerulean purple, and they covered them in a tahash skin covering, and they gave upon the bar. And they shall anoint the altar, and spread upon it a purple garment: And they shall give upon it all its vessels which they shall serve upon it with them, the fire pans, and the flesh hooks, and the shovels and the vases, and all the vessels of the altar; and they covered over it a tahash skin covering, and they set up its bars. And Aaron and his sons finished to cover the holy place, and all the vessels of the holy place, in removing the camp; and after this the sons of Kohath shall come forth to lift up: and they shall not touch the holy place, and die. These the lifting up of the sons of Kohath in the tent of appointment

priests » Garments of » Worn by the high priest on the day of atonement

Leviticus 16:4

The holy linen tunic shall be put on, and the linen drawers shall be upon his flesh, and with a linen girdle shall he be girded, and with a linen turban shall he be wound round: these the holy garments; and he washed his flesh in water and put them on.

priests » Services of » Valuing things devoted

Leviticus 27:8

And if he was poor above thy estimation, and he stood before the priest, and the priest estimated him: and according to whose mouth the hand shall attain, the priest estimated him vowing.

priests » Were sometimes » Unjust

Jeremiah 6:13

For from their little even to their great, every one plundering, plundered; and from the prophet and even to the priest every one did falsehood.

priests » Garments of » Laid up in holy chambers

Ezekiel 44:19

And in their going forth to the enclosure without, to the enclosure to the people, they shall lay off their garments which they serve in them, and set them in the cells of the holy place, and put on other garments; and they shall not consecrate the people in their garments.

priests » Revenues of » All devoted things

Numbers 18:14

Every thing consecrated in Israel shall be to thee.

priests » Services of » Burning incense

Exodus 30:7-8

And Aaron to burn upon it incense of spices in the morning: in the morning in his adorning the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it And in Aaron's causing the lamps, to ascend between the two evenings, he shall burn incense upon it; continually before Jehovah for your generations.

priests » First notice of persons acting as

Genesis 4:3-4

And it shall be at the end of days, and Cain shall bring in from the fruit of the earth an offering to Jehovah. And Abel, he also brought in the first-born of his sheep, and their fat. And Jehovah will look to Abel and to his gift

priests » Garments of » Purified by sprinkling of blood

Exodus 29:21

And take from the blood that is upon the altar, and of the oil of anointing, and sprinkle upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be consecrated, and his garments and the garments of his sons with him.

priests » Garments of » Often provided by the people

Ezra 2:68-69

And from the heads of the fathers in their coming to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, gave willingly to the house of God to cause it to stand upon its foundation: According to their power they gave to the treasure of the work of gold six myriads and a thousand darics, and of silver, five thousand portions, and of priests' tunics, a hundred.

priests » Garments of » The girdle

Exodus 28:40

And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and make for them girdles, and caps shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.

priests » Sanctified by God for the office

Exodus 29:44

And I consecrated the tent of appointment, and the altar; and Aaron and his sons I will consecrate to be priests to me.

priests » Were sometimes » Drunken

Isaiah 28:7

And these also went astray by wine, and by strong drink they erred; the priest and the prophet went astray by strong drink, they were swallowed up from wine, they erred from strong drink, they went astray in seeing, they wavered in judgment.

priests » Revenues of » All restitutions when the owner could not be found

Numbers 5:8

And if not to the man a kinsman to give back the transgression to him, the transgression being given back to Jehovah, to the priest; besides the ram of expiations, it shall be expiated by it for him.

priests » Priests that despise the name of the lord

Malachi 1:6

A son will honor the father, and the servant his lord; and if I a father, where mine honor? and if I their lord, where my fear? said Jehovah of armies to you, O priests despising my name. And ye said, In what did we despise thy name?

priests » Services of, divided by lot

Luke 1:9

According to the custom of the priesthood, he drew lots to burn incense, having entered into the temple of the Lord.

Religious » priests » Should be holy

2 Chronicles 6:41

And now arise, O Jehovah God, to thy rest, thou, and the ark of thy strength: thy priests, O Jehovah God, shall be clothed with salvation, and thy merciful ones shall rejoice in good.

Leviticus 21:6

They shall be holy to their God, and profane not the name of their God: for the sacrifices of Jehovah, and the bread of their God they bring: and they were holy.

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of the priest shall watch knowledge, and they shall seek the law from his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of armies.

Exodus 19:22

And also the priests drawing near to Jehovah, shall be consecrated, lest Jehovah shall break forth upon them.

Religious » priests » General references to

Joshua 3:6

And Joshua will say to the priests, saying, Lift up the ark of the covenant and pass through before the people. And they will lift up the ark of the covenant and will go before the people.

Exodus 24:5

And he will send forth young men sons of Israel, and they will bring up burnt-offerings, and they will sacrifice sacrifices of peace to Jehovah of bullocks.

2 Chronicles 29:16

And the priests will come to within the house of Jehovah to cleanse, and they will bring forth all the uncleanness which they found in the temple of Jehovah to the enclosure of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites will take to bring forth to the torrent Kidron without

Exodus 18:1

And Jethro, priest of Midian, the father-in-law of Moses, will hear all which God did to Moses and to Israel his people, for Jehovah brought forth Israel out of Egypt:

More verses: 2 Chronicles 11:13

Religious » priests » Laws in regard to

Leviticus 10:9

Wine and strong drink thou shalt not drink, thou and thy sons with thee, in your going in to the tent of appointment; and ye shall not die: a law forever to your generations.

Exodus 40:15

And anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they were priests to me; and it was to be to them an anointing for the priesthood forever for their generations.

Ezra 7:24

And making known to you that all the priests and Levites, the players, the porters, the Nethinims, and those serving this house of God, tribute, excise and toll, not being permitted to be lifted up upon them.

Nehemiah 7:65

And the Tirshatha will say to them that they shall not eat from the holy of holies till a priest stood up for Lights and Truth.

More verses: Leviticus 21:1

Religious zeal » Instances of » priests

1 Chronicles 9:13

And their brethren, heads to the house of their fathers, a thousand seven hundred and sixty; strong ones of power, the work of the service of the house of God.

Ezra 8:17-18

And I shall bring them forth to Iddo the head, with the silver of the place, and I shall set words in their mouth to speak to Iddo, his brethren the Nethinims, with the silver of the place, to bring to us those serving to the house of our God. And they will bring to us according to the good hand of our God upon us a man of understanding from the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel; and Sherebiah, and his sons and his brethren, eighteen.

Sin-offering » priests » Holy place » Eats

Leviticus 6:26

The priest offering it for sin, shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the enclosure of the tent of appointment

Leviticus 6:29-30

Every male among the priests shall eat it: it is holy of holies. And all sin, the blood of which shall be brought into the tent of appointment to expiate in the holy place, shall not be eaten: it shall be burnt in fire.

Slander » Exemplified » priests

Mark 15:3

And the chief priests accused him much.

Topics on Priests

A Kingdom Of Priests

Isaiah 61:6

And ye shall be called the priests of Jehovah, serving our God; he shall say to you, Ye shall eat the strength of the nations, and ye shall take place in their honor.

Anointing Priests

Exodus 28:41

And put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him: and anoint them, and fill their hand And consecrate them, and they shall be priests to me.

Chief priests

2 Chronicles 19:11

And behold, Amariah the head priest over you for every word of Jehovah; and Zebadiah son of Ishmael the leader to the house of Judah, for every word of the king: and the scribes, the Levites, before you. Be strong and do, and Jehovah will be with the good.

Corrupt Priests

Malachi 2:3

Behold me rebuking the seed to you, and I scattered dung upon your faces, the dung of your festivals; and it lifted you up to it.

Covenant, God's with Israel's priests

Numbers 25:12-13

For this, say, behold me giving to him my covenant of peace.

Deposed Priests

1 Samuel 22:17-19

And the king will say to the runners standing by him, Turn about and kill the priests of Jehovah, for their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not uncover his ear. And the king's servants would not stretch forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.

Few Priests

2 Chronicles 29:34

Only the priests were for fewness and they could not slaughter all the burnt-offerings: and their brethren the Levites will strengthen them till the finishing of the work, and till the priests shall consecrate themselves: for the Levites being upright of heart to consecrate themselves more than the priests.

Food For Priests Defined

Exodus 29:26

And take the breast from the ram of completion which is to Aaron, and lift up a waving before Jehovah: and it was to thee for a portion.

Killing Priests

1 Samuel 22:17

And the king will say to the runners standing by him, Turn about and kill the priests of Jehovah, for their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not uncover his ear. And the king's servants would not stretch forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.

Priests Atoning

Leviticus 4:20

And he did to the bullock as he did to the bullock of sin, thus he did to it; and the priest shall expiate for them, and it was forgiven to them.

Priests Garments

Exodus 31:10

And the garments of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to be priests,

Priests In Action

Numbers 31:6

And Moses will send them a thousand for a tribe, to war, them and Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, to war, and the holy vessels, and the trumpets of the signal in his hand.

Priests Possessing

Leviticus 7:7

As the sin, so the trespass: one law for them: the priest who shall expiate upon it, to him it shall be.

Priests, Function In Ot Times

Leviticus 22:9

And they watched my watches, and they bore not sin upon it, and they died when they profaned it: I Jehovah consecrating them.

Priests, Institution In Ot Times

1 Samuel 6:1-2

And the ark of Jehovah will be in the field of Philisteim seven months.

Priests, Tasks In Nt Times

Acts 14:13

And Jupiter's priest, being before their city, having brought bulls and crowns to the gates, wished to sacrifice with the crowd.

Priests, Types Of In Nt Times

Acts 14:13

And Jupiter's priest, being before their city, having brought bulls and crowns to the gates, wished to sacrifice with the crowd.

Unnamed Priests

Judges 17:12-13

And Micah will fill the hand of the Levite; and the youth will be to him for a priest, and he will be in the house of Micah.

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