Thematic Bible: Religious priests


Thematic Bible



Now therefore arise, O Lord God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionJoy, And Human ExperienceSaintsSalvation, Illustrations OfGod Giving Rest

They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they present the offerings by fire to the Lord, the food of their God; so they shall be holy. Verse ConceptsCripplesHoliness Of MinistersIrreverenceMinisters, Should BeProfaning God's NameMaking People Holy

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualOccupationsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSpeech, Positive Aspects OfStumbling BlocksValuing KnowledgeLet Your Speech Be GoodTeaching The Way Of Godpreservationpriests


Also let the priests who come near to the Lord consecrate themselves, or else the Lord will break out against them.” Verse ConceptsConsecrationBreaking ForthMaking People Holypriests

Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,
‘By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy,
And before all the people I will be honored.’”
So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.
Verse ConceptsAaron, Priestly ResponsibilitiesWorship, Reasons ForMan's Conduct Towards GodIndividuals Being Silent

They shall therefore keep My charge, so that they will not bear sin because of it and die thereby because they profane it; I am the Lord who sanctifies them. Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesRitual LawSin BearerStewardshipDeath Due To God's PresenceI Am The LordMaking People Holy

And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionThe Ark Moved AroundCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsThings Going BeforePriests In ActionArk Of The Covenant


He sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the Lord. Verse ConceptsBurnt offeringYoung AnimalSacrificing CattlePeace offerings

So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the Lord they brought out to the court of the house of the Lord. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron valley.

Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. Verse ConceptsOccupationsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Moreover, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him from all their districts.

Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die—it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations— Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesWineProhibitionEntering The TabernacleNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkDeath Due To God's PresenceDrinking No WineAlcoholic Beveragesbeeralcoholism

and you shall anoint them even as you have anointed their father, that they may minister as priests to Me; and their anointing will qualify them for a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.” Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtThe Act Of AnointingAnointing Priests

We also inform you that it is not allowed to impose tax, tribute or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, Nethinim or servants of this house of God. Verse ConceptsGatekeepersTributesHuman Authority, Nature OfSingersTemple Assistants

The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim. Verse ConceptsThe Urim And ThummimUrim And Thummim

Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them to minister as priests to Me: take one young bull and two rams without blemish, Verse ConceptsAnointing, Performed OnPriests, Function In Ot TimesPriests, Institution In Ot TimesServanthood, And Worship Of GodPerfect SacrificesTwo AnimalsMaking People HolySacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesPollutionsPollution ForbiddenDeath Of A Family MemberGrandmothers