Priest

257 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

98 sections

(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): Judicial
(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): On the Day of Atonement
(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): Respect Due To
(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): To Burn Incense
(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): To Count the People
(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): To offer Sacrifices
(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): Vestments of
A Second Priest, Under the High Priest
Before Moses: Called “Angel”
Before Moses: Jethro
Before Moses: Melchizedek
Before Moses: Priests in Israel Before the Giving of the Law
Benefits of Fines
Benefits of Firstfruits
Benefits of for the Sustenance of Their Families
Benefits of No Part of the Land of Canaan Allowed To
Benefits of of the Firstborn
Benefits of own Lands Sanctified to the Lord
Benefits of Part of the Plunder of War, Including Captives
Benefits of Portion of Land Allotted To, in Redistribution in Ezekiel's Vision
Benefits of Portions of Sacrifices and offerings
Benefits of Provided with Cities and Suburbs
Benefits of Redemption Money
Benefits of Regulations by Hezekiah Concerning Benefits to the Priests
Benefits of The Shewbread
Benefits of Things Devoted
Benefits of Tithes of the Tithes
Benefits of Trespass Money and Other Trepass offerings
Distribute the Plunder of War
Duties of be Present at and Supervise the Tithing
Duties of Chiefs of Levites
Duties of in Battle
Duties of Keep the Sacred Fire Always Burning
Duties of Light the Lamps in the Tabernacle
Duties of Officiate in the Holy Place
Duties of Pronounce Benedictions
Duties of Purify the Unclean
Duties of Responsible for the Sanctuary
Duties of Sound the Trumpet in Summoning Assemblies and in Battle
Duties of Teach the Law
Duties of Through the Jordan River
Duties of To Act As Magistrates
Duties of To Act As Scribes
Duties of To Encourage the Army on the Eve of Battle
Duties of To Furnish a Quota of Wood for the Sanctuary
Duties of To offer Sacrifices
Duties of To offer the Firstfruits
Duties of Valuate Things Devoted
Figurative
had Charge of the Sanctuary and Altar
Incite the People to Ask That Barabbas be Released and Jesus be Destroyed
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning of the Captivity
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Conspire to Destroy Jesus
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Corrupt
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Eli's Sons
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Inquire of John the Baptist to See If he Might be the Messiah
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Loyal to Rehoboam at the Time of the Revolt of the Ten Tribes
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Paul Brought Before
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Persecute the Disciples
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Polluted by Marrying Idolatrous Wives
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Priestly office Performed by Prophets
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Put on Trial and Condemn Jesus
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Put on Trial, Condemn, and Stone Stephen
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Reprove and Threaten Peter and John
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Restore the Altar, and offer Sacrifices
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Return from the Captivity
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Supervise the Building of the New Temple
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Taken with the Captivity to Babylon
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Wickedness of
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Zeal of, in Purging the Temple
Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Zealous
Officiate at the Choice of a Ruler
The Time of Moses
The Time of Moses is Holy
The Time of Moses: Ablutions of
The Time of Moses: Armed and Organized for War at the Time of the Disaffection Toward Saul
The Time of Moses: Atonement For
The Time of Moses: Beard and Hair of
The Time of Moses: Chambers For, in the Temple Area
The Time of Moses: Chosen by Lot
The Time of Moses: Consecration of
The Time of Moses: Defilement and Purification of
The Time of Moses: Don Vestments in the Temple Area
The Time of Moses: Exempt from Tax
The Time of Moses: Hereditary, Descent of office
The Time of Moses: Marriage of
The Time of Moses: Must be Without Blemish
The Time of Moses: Priests Who Were not from the Sons of Levi Were Appointed by Jeroboam
The Time of Moses: Twenty-Four Divisions (Shifts) of
The Time of Moses: Usurpations of office of
The Time of Moses: Vestments of
The Title Appears After the Institution of the office
To Designate Subordinate Priests for Duty
To Have Charge of the Treasury
To Light the Lamps of the Tabernacle
To offer for his own Sins of Ignorance
To officiate in Consecrations of Levites
To Place Shewbread on the Table Every Sabbath

(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): Judicial

Numbers 5:15 then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an …
Deuteronomy 17:8–13 If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose. …
1 Samuel 4:18 As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
Hosea 4:4 But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
Matthew 26:3 At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
Matthew 26:50 “Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.
Matthew 26:57 Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.
Matthew 26:62 So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”
Acts 5:21–28 At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin— the full assembly of the elders of Israel— and …
Acts 23:1–5 Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.” …

(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): On the Day of Atonement

Exodus 30:10 Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
Leviticus 16:1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.
Hebrews 5:3 That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 9:7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
Hebrews 9:22–23 According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. …

(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): Respect Due To

Acts 23:5 “Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”

(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): To Burn Incense

Exodus 30:7–8 And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps. …
1 Samuel 2:28 And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of …
1 Chronicles 23:13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): To Count the People

Numbers 1:3 You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions— everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): To offer Sacrifices

Hebrews 5:1 Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Hebrews 8:3 And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.

(The Function he Served Was Superior to That of Other Priests): Vestments of

Exodus 28:2–43 Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor. …
Exodus 39:1–31 From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. …
Leviticus 8:7–9 He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him. …

A Second Priest, Under the High Priest

Numbers 3:32 The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
Numbers 4:16 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall oversee the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He has oversight of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including the holy …
Numbers 31:6 And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
1 Chronicles 9:20 In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.
2 Samuel 15:24 Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had passed out of the city.
2 Kings 25:18 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
Luke 3:2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

Before Moses: Called “Angel”

Ecclesiastes 5:6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Before Moses: Jethro

Exodus 2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Before Moses: Melchizedek

Genesis 14:18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine — since he was priest of God Most High —
Hebrews 5:6 And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 5:10–11 and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek. …
Hebrews 6:20 where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:1–21 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, …

Before Moses: Priests in Israel Before the Giving of the Law

Exodus 19:22 Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”
Exodus 19:24 And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”

Benefits of Fines

Leviticus 5:16 Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
Leviticus 22:14 If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
Numbers 5:8 But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.

Benefits of Firstfruits

Leviticus 23:20 The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
Leviticus 24:9 It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD — his portion forever.”
Numbers 18:12–13 I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits. …
Numbers 18:17–18 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. …
Deuteronomy 18:3–5 This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach. …
Nehemiah 10:36 And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.

Benefits of for the Sustenance of Their Families

Leviticus 22:11–13 But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food. …
Numbers 18:11 And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your …
Numbers 18:19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”

Benefits of No Part of the Land of Canaan Allowed To

Numbers 18:20 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 10:9 That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
Deuteronomy 14:27 And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
Deuteronomy 18:1–2 The Levitical priests — indeed the whole tribe of Levi — shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance. …
Joshua 13:14 To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
Joshua 13:33 To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
Joshua 14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.
Joshua 18:7 The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD …
Ezekiel 44:28 In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

Benefits of of the Firstborn

Numbers 3:46–51 To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites, …
Numbers 18:15–16 The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals. …

Benefits of own Lands Sanctified to the Lord

Leviticus 27:21 When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.

Benefits of Part of the Plunder of War, Including Captives

Numbers 31:25–29 The LORD said to Moses, …

Benefits of Portion of Land Allotted To, in Redistribution in Ezekiel's Vision

Ezekiel 48:8–14 Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary. …

Benefits of Portions of Sacrifices and offerings

Exodus 29:27–34 Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination. …
Leviticus 2:2–3 and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. …
Leviticus 2:9–10 The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. …
Leviticus 5:12–13 He is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful from it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar atop the food offerings to the LORD; it is a sin offering. …
Leviticus 5:16 Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
Leviticus 6:15–18 The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. …
Leviticus 6:26 The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
Leviticus 7:6–10 Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. …
Leviticus 7:31–34 The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons. …
Leviticus 10:12–14 And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy. …
Leviticus 14:12–13 Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. …
Numbers 6:19–20 And the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved the hair of his consecration. …
Numbers 18:8–19 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute. …
Deuteronomy 18:3–5 This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach. …
1 Samuel 2:13–14 or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling …
Ezekiel 44:28–31 In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession. …
Ezekiel 45:1–4 “When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy. …
1 Corinthians 9:13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?

Benefits of Provided with Cities and Suburbs

Leviticus 25:32–34 As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess. …
Numbers 35:2–8 “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. …
Joshua 21:1–4 Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel …
Joshua 21:13–19 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah, …
Joshua 21:41–42 For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites. …
1 Chronicles 6:57–60 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, …
Nehemiah 11:11 Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;
Nehemiah 11:20 The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
Ezekiel 45:1–6 “When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy. …
Ezekiel 48:8–20 Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary. …

Benefits of Redemption Money

Leviticus 27:23 then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.

Benefits of Regulations by Hezekiah Concerning Benefits to the Priests

2 Chronicles 31:4–19 Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD. …

Benefits of The Shewbread

Exodus 25:30 And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
Leviticus 24:5–9 You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf, …
2 Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening …
2 Chronicles 13:11 Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We …
Nehemiah 10:33 for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all …
Matthew 12:4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
Hebrews 9:2 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

Benefits of Things Devoted

Leviticus 27:21 When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
Numbers 5:9–10 Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him. …
Numbers 18:14 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.

Benefits of Tithes of the Tithes

Numbers 18:8–18 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute. …
Numbers 18:26–32 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD— a tithe of the tithe. …
Nehemiah 10:38 A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

Benefits of Trespass Money and Other Trepass offerings

Leviticus 5:15 “If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the …
Leviticus 5:18 He is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has committed in ignorance, and he will be forgiven.
Numbers 18:9 A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
2 Kings 12:16 The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

Distribute the Plunder of War

Numbers 31:26–29 “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast. …

Duties of be Present at and Supervise the Tithing

Nehemiah 10:38 A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

Duties of Chiefs of Levites

Numbers 3:9 Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
Numbers 3:32 The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
Numbers 4:19 In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.
Numbers 4:28 This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Numbers 4:33 This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
1 Chronicles 9:20 In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.

Duties of in Battle

1 Samuel 4:3–5 When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to …

Duties of Keep the Sacred Fire Always Burning

Leviticus 6:12–13 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it. …

Duties of Light the Lamps in the Tabernacle

Exodus 27:20–21 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. …
2 Chronicles 13:11 Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We …
Leviticus 24:3–4 Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come. …

Duties of Officiate in the Holy Place

Hebrews 9:6 When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.

Duties of Pronounce Benedictions

Numbers 6:22–27 Then the LORD said to Moses, …
Deuteronomy 21:5 And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
2 Chronicles 30:27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

Duties of Purify the Unclean

Leviticus 15:31 You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

Duties of Responsible for the Sanctuary

Numbers 4:5–15 Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it. …
Numbers 18:1 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
Numbers 18:5 And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
Numbers 18:7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any …

Duties of Sound the Trumpet in Summoning Assemblies and in Battle

Numbers 10:2–10 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out. …
Numbers 31:6 And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
Joshua 6:1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
2 Chronicles 13:12 Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”

Duties of Teach the Law

Leviticus 10:11 so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
Deuteronomy 24:8 In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
Deuteronomy 27:14 Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
Deuteronomy 31:9–13 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. …
Deuteronomy 33:10 He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
Jeremiah 2:8 The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
Malachi 2:7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

Duties of Through the Jordan River

Joshua 3:1 Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
Joshua 4:15–18 Then the LORD said to Joshua, …

Duties of To Act As Magistrates

Numbers 5:14–31 and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself— or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself— …
Deuteronomy 17:8–13 If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose. …
Deuteronomy 19:17 both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
Deuteronomy 21:5 And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
2 Chronicles 19:8 Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 44:23–24 They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean. …

Duties of To Act As Scribes

Ezra 7:1–6 Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, …
Nehemiah 8:9 Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard …

Duties of To Encourage the Army on the Eve of Battle

Deuteronomy 20:2–4 When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army, …

Duties of To Furnish a Quota of Wood for the Sanctuary

Nehemiah 10:34 We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is …

Duties of To offer Sacrifices

Leviticus 1:4–17 He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him. …
Leviticus 2:2 and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 2:16 The priest shall then burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all its frankincense, as a food offering to the LORD.
Leviticus 3:5 Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 3:11 Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, a food offering to the LORD.
Leviticus 3:13 He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.
Leviticus 3:16 Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
Leviticus 4:5–12 Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting. …
Leviticus 4:17 and he is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.
Leviticus 4:25–26 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. …
Leviticus 4:30–35 Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. …
1 Chronicles 16:40 to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.
2 Chronicles 13:11 Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We …
2 Chronicles 29:34 However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent …
2 Chronicles 35:11–14 And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals. …
Ezra 6:20 All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.
Hebrews 10:11 Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Duties of To offer the Firstfruits

Leviticus 23:10–11 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest. …
Deuteronomy 26:3–4 to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.” …

Duties of Valuate Things Devoted

Leviticus 27:8 But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
Leviticus 27:12 The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.

Figurative

Exodus 19:6 And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
Isaiah 61:6 But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Revelation 1:6 who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father — to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
Revelation 5:10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

had Charge of the Sanctuary and Altar

Numbers 18:2 But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.
Numbers 18:5 And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
Numbers 18:7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any …

Incite the People to Ask That Barabbas be Released and Jesus be Destroyed

Matthew 27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
Mark 15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
Luke 23:18 But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning of the Captivity

Ezra 9:1–2 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like …
Ezra 10:18–22 Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. …
Nehemiah 13:4–9 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God …
Nehemiah 13:13 I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were …
Nehemiah 13:28–29 Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me. …

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Conspire to Destroy Jesus

Matthew 26:3–5 At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, …
Matthew 26:14–15 Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests …
Matthew 26:47 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Matthew 26:51 At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
Mark 14:10–11 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. …
Mark 14:43–47 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders. …
Mark 14:53–66 They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, elders, and scribes assembled. …
Mark 15:1 Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
Luke 22:2–6 and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people. …
Luke 22:50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
Luke 22:54 Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.
Luke 22:66–71 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said, …
Luke 23:1–2 Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate. …
John 11:47 Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
John 19:15–16 At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests. …
John 19:18 There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Corrupt

Jeremiah 23:11–12 “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD. …
Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am …
Luke 10:31 Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Eli's Sons

1 Samuel 2:12–17 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD …
1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Inquire of John the Baptist to See If he Might be the Messiah

John 1:19 And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Loyal to Rehoboam at the Time of the Revolt of the Ten Tribes

2 Chronicles 11:13 Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Paul Brought Before

Acts 22:30 The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
Acts 23:1–5 Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.” …

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Persecute the Disciples

Acts 22:5 as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Polluted by Marrying Idolatrous Wives

Ezra 9:1–2 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like …
Ezra 10:5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.
Ezra 10:18–19 Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. …
Nehemiah 10:28 “The rest of the people— the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God— along with their wives and all their sons and …

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Priestly office Performed by Prophets

1 Samuel 16:5 “In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Put on Trial and Condemn Jesus

Matthew 26:57–68 Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered. …
Matthew 27:1–2 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death. …
Mark 14:53–65 They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, elders, and scribes assembled. …
Luke 22:54–71 Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance. …
Luke 23:13–24 Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, …
John 18:15–32 Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. …

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Put on Trial, Condemn, and Stone Stephen

Acts 6:12–15 So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin, …
Acts 7:1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Reprove and Threaten Peter and John

Acts 4:6–21 along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family. …
Acts 5:17–41 Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out …

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Restore the Altar, and offer Sacrifices

Ezra 3:1–7 By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem. …

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Return from the Captivity

Ezra 1:5 So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites— everyone whose spirit God had stirred— prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
Ezra 2:36–39 The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973; …
Ezra 2:61 And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
Ezra 2:70 So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.
Ezra 3:8 In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who …
Ezra 7:7 So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
Ezra 8:24–30 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers, …
Nehemiah 7:39–42 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973; …
Nehemiah 7:63–73 And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). …
Nehemiah 10:1–8 Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah, …
Nehemiah 12:1–7 Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, …

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Supervise the Building of the New Temple

Ezra 3:8–13 In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who …

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Taken with the Captivity to Babylon

Jeremiah 29:1 This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Wickedness of

2 Chronicles 36:14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Zeal of, in Purging the Temple

2 Chronicles 29:4–17 Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side. …

Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Zealous

1 Chronicles 9:10–13 From the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin; …

Officiate at the Choice of a Ruler

Numbers 27:18–19 And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him. …
Numbers 27:21 He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him— the entire congregation— will go out and come in.”

The Time of Moses

Exodus 28:1–4 “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests. …
Exodus 29:9 Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
Exodus 29:44 So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.
Numbers 3:10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
Numbers 18:7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any …
1 Chronicles 23:13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

The Time of Moses is Holy

Leviticus 21:6–7 They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy. …
Leviticus 22:9 The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Leviticus 22:16 by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”

The Time of Moses: Ablutions of

Exodus 40:30–32 He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing; …
Leviticus 16:24 He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people.

The Time of Moses: Armed and Organized for War at the Time of the Disaffection Toward Saul

1 Chronicles 12:27–28 including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men, …

The Time of Moses: Atonement For

Leviticus 16:6 Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
Leviticus 16:24 He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people.
Ezekiel 44:27 And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD.

The Time of Moses: Beard and Hair of

Ezekiel 44:20 They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.

The Time of Moses: Chambers For, in the Temple Area

Ezekiel 40:45–46 Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple, …

The Time of Moses: Chosen by Lot

Luke 1:8–9 One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, …
Luke 1:23 And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.

The Time of Moses: Consecration of

Exodus 29:1–9 “Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish, …
Exodus 29:19–35 Take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head. …
Exodus 40:12–16 Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water. …
Leviticus 6:20–23 “This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening. …
Leviticus 8:6–35 Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. …
Hebrews 7:21 but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”

The Time of Moses: Defilement and Purification of

Ezekiel 44:25–26 A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so, …

The Time of Moses: Don Vestments in the Temple Area

Ezekiel 42:14 Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the …
Ezekiel 44:19 When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people …

The Time of Moses: Exempt from Tax

Ezra 7:24 And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

The Time of Moses: Hereditary, Descent of office

Exodus 27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the …
Exodus 28:43 Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.
Exodus 29:9 Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.

The Time of Moses: Marriage of

Leviticus 21:7–15 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. …
Ezekiel 44:22 And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.

The Time of Moses: Must be Without Blemish

Leviticus 21:17–23 “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God. …

The Time of Moses: Priests Who Were not from the Sons of Levi Were Appointed by Jeroboam

1 Kings 12:31 Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
1 Kings 13:33 Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.

The Time of Moses: Twenty-Four Divisions (Shifts) of

1 Chronicles 24:1–19 These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. …
1 Chronicles 28:13 for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD:
1 Chronicles 28:21 The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”
2 Chronicles 8:14 In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily …
2 Chronicles 31:2 Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites — each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites — for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing …
2 Chronicles 35:4–5 Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son. …
Ezra 2:36–39 The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973; …
Nehemiah 13:30 Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

The Time of Moses: Usurpations of office of

Numbers 3:10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
Numbers 16:1 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites — Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth — conducted
Numbers 18:7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any …
2 Chronicles 26:18 They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted …

The Time of Moses: Vestments of

Exodus 28:2–43 Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor. …
Exodus 39:1–29 From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. …
Leviticus 6:10–11 And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it. …
Leviticus 8:13 Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Ezekiel 44:17–19 When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple. …

The Title Appears After the Institution of the office

Leviticus 21:10–15 The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments. …
Numbers 3:32 The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

To Designate Subordinate Priests for Duty

Numbers 4:19 In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.
1 Samuel 2:36 And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”

To Have Charge of the Treasury

2 Kings 12:10 Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
2 Kings 22:4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.
2 Chronicles 24:6–14 So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?” …
2 Chronicles 34:9 So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of …

To Light the Lamps of the Tabernacle

Exodus 27:20–21 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. …
Exodus 30:8 When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.
Leviticus 24:3–4 Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come. …
Numbers 8:3 And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

To offer for his own Sins of Ignorance

Leviticus 4:3–12 If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. …

To officiate in Consecrations of Levites

Numbers 8:11–21 Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD. …

To Place Shewbread on the Table Every Sabbath

Leviticus 24:8 Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.