Exodus 29:9

Instructions For Consecrating Aaron And His Sons

⁸ You are to present his sons and clothe them with tunics ⁹ and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons. ¹⁰ "You are to present the bull at the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to put their hands on the head of the bull.

Perpetual Statute

Statute Forever

Ordain Them

Aaron

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service; but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death."

Leviticus 8:22-28

Then he presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram

Exodus 28:1

"And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests -- Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

Exodus 28:40-41

"For Aaron's sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands for glory and for beauty.

Exodus 32:29

Moses said, "You have been consecrated today for the Lord, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today."

Exodus 40:15

and anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may minister as my priests; their anointing will make them a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations."

Leviticus 8:33

And you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent for seven days, until the day when your days of ordination are completed, because you must be ordained over a seven-day period.

Numbers 3:10

So you are to appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will be responsible for their priesthood; but the unauthorized person who comes near must be put to death."

Numbers 16:10

He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also?

Numbers 16:35

Then a fire went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

Numbers 16:40

It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to burn incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his company -- just as the Lord had spoken by the authority of Moses.

Numbers 25:13

So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.'"

Deuteronomy 18:5

For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.

Hebrews 5:4-5

And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.

Hebrews 5:10

and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:11-14

So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood -- for on that basis the people received the law -- what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron's order?

Hebrews 7:23-28

And the others who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them from continuing in office,