Priests

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

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After the Exodus Young Men (First-Born) Deputed to Act As
All Except Seed of Aaron Excluded from Being
Ceremonies at Consecration of Anointing with Oil
Ceremonies at Consecration of Clothing with the Holy Garments
Ceremonies at Consecration of Lasted Seven Days
Ceremonies at Consecration of Offering Sacrifices
Ceremonies at Consecration of Partaking of the Sacrifices of Consecration
Ceremonies at Consecration of Placing in Their Hands the Wave-Offering
Ceremonies at Consecration of Purification by Blood of the Consecration Ram
Ceremonies at Consecration of Washing in Water
Christ
Divided by David Into Twenty-Four Courses
During Patriarchal Age Heads of Families Acted As
Each Course of, had Its President or Chief
First Notice of Persons Acting As
Garments of Laid up in Holy Chambers
Garments of Often Provided by the People
Garments of Purified by Sprinkling of Blood
Garments of The Bonnet
Garments of The Coat or Tunic
Garments of The Girdle
Garments of The Linen Breeches
Garments of Worn Always While Engaged in the Service of the Tabernacle
Garments of Worn at Consecration
Garments of Worn by the High Priest on the Day of Atonement
Generally Participated in Punishment of the People
Made of the Lowest of the People by Jeroboam and Others
Might Purchase and Hold Other Lands in Possession
No Blemished or Defective Persons Could be Consecrated
On Special Occasions Persons not of Aaron's Family Acted As
Publicly Consecrated
Punishment for Invading the office of
Required to Prove Their Genealogy Before They Exercised The
Required to Remain in the Tabernacle Seven Days After
Required to Wash in the Brazen Laver Before They Performed
Revenues of a Fixed Portion of the Spoil Taken in War
Revenues of all Devoted Things
Revenues of all Restitutions when the Owner Could not be Found
Revenues of First of the Wool of Sheep
Revenues of First-Born of Animals or Their Substitutes
Revenues of First-Fruits
Revenues of Part of all Sacrifices
Revenues of Redemption-Money of the First-Born
Revenues of Show-Bread After Its Removal
Revenues of Tenth of the Tithes Paid to the Levites
Saints
Sanctified by God for the office
Services of Blessing the People
Services of Blowing the Trumpets on Various Occasions
Services of Burning Incense
Services of Carrying the Ark
Services of Covering the Sacred Things of the Sanctuary Before Removal
Services of Deciding in Cases of Jealousy
Services of Deciding in Cases of Leprosy
Services of Encouraging the People when They Went to War
Services of Judging in Cases of Controversy
Services of Keeping the Charge of the Tabernacle
Services of Keeping the Sacred Fire Always Burning on the Altar
Services of Lighting and Trimming the Lamps of the Sanctuary
Services of Offering First Fruits
Services of Offering Sacrifices
Services of Placing and Removing Show-Bread
Services of Purifying the Unclean
Services of Teaching the Law
Services of Valuing Things Devoted
Services of, Divided by Lot
Services of, Ineffectual for Removing Sin
Special Laws Respecting: All Bought and Home-Born Servants to Eat of Their Portion
Special Laws Respecting: Children of, Married to Strangers, not to Eat of Their
Special Laws Respecting: No Sojourner or Hired Servant to Eat of Their Portion
Special Laws Respecting: Not to Defile Themselves by Eating What Died or Was Torn
Special Laws Respecting: Not to Defile Themselves for the Dead Except the Nearest of
Special Laws Respecting: Not to Drink Wine While Attending in the Tabernacle
Special Laws Respecting: Not to Marry Divorced or Improper Persons
Special Laws Respecting: Restitution to be Made To, by Persons Ignorantly Eating of
Special Laws Respecting: While Unclean Could not Eat of the Holy Things
Special Laws Respecting: While Unclean Could not Perform Any Service
The Four Courses Which Returned from Babylon Subdivided Into
The Sons of Aaron Appointed As, by Perpetual Statute
Thirteen of the Levitical Cities Given To, for Residence

After the Exodus Young Men (First-Born) Deputed to Act As

Exodus 24:5 Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
Exodus 19:22 Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”

All Except Seed of Aaron Excluded from Being

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 16:40 just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.
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 …

Ceremonies at Consecration of Anointing with Oil

Exodus 30:30 Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
Exodus 40:13 And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.

Ceremonies at Consecration of Clothing with the Holy Garments

Exodus 29:8–9 Present his sons as well and clothe them with tunics. …
Exodus 40:14 Bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics.
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.

Ceremonies at Consecration of Lasted Seven Days

Exodus 29:35–37 This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all that I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them. …
Leviticus 8:33 You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you.

Ceremonies at Consecration of Offering Sacrifices

Exodus 29:10–19 You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head. …
Leviticus 8:14–23 Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. …

Ceremonies at Consecration of Partaking of the Sacrifices of Consecration

Exodus 29:31–33 You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. …
Leviticus 8:31–32 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’ …

Ceremonies at Consecration of Placing in Their Hands the Wave-Offering

Exodus 29:22–24 Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination), …
Leviticus 8:25–27 And Moses took the fat— the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat— as well as the right thigh. …

Ceremonies at Consecration of Purification by Blood of the Consecration Ram

Exodus 29:20–21 Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the remaining blood on all sides of the altar. …
Leviticus 8:23–24 Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. …

Ceremonies at Consecration of Washing in Water

Exodus 29:4 Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
Leviticus 8:6 Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.

Christ

Hebrews 10:11–12 Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. …

Divided by David Into Twenty-Four Courses

1 Chronicles 24:1–19 These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. …
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 35:4–5 Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son. …

During Patriarchal Age Heads of Families Acted As

Genesis 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 12:8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 35:7 There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

Each Course of, had Its President or Chief

1 Chronicles 24:6 The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites — one …
1 Chronicles 24:31 As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites— the family heads and their younger brothers alike.
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.

First Notice of Persons Acting As

Genesis 4:3–4 So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD, …

Garments of Laid up in Holy Chambers

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 …

Garments of Often Provided by the People

Ezra 2:68–69 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site. …
Nehemiah 7:70 Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
Nehemiah 7:72 The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.

Garments of Purified by Sprinkling of Blood

Exodus 29:21 And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and …

Garments of The Bonnet

Exodus 28:40 Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and splendor.
Exodus 39:28 as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,

Garments of The Coat or Tunic

Exodus 28:40 Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and splendor.
Exodus 39:27 For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,

Garments of The Girdle

Exodus 28:40 Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and splendor.

Garments of The Linen Breeches

Exodus 28:42 Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.
Exodus 39:28 as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,

Garments of Worn Always While Engaged in the Service of the Tabernacle

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 39:41 and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.

Garments of Worn at Consecration

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 40:15 Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

Garments of Worn by the High Priest on the Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:4 He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.

Generally Participated in Punishment of the People

Jeremiah 14:18 If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
Lamentations 2:20 Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Made of the Lowest of the People by Jeroboam and Others

1 Kings 12:21 And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin — 180,000 chosen warriors — to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
2 Kings 17:32 So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

Might Purchase and Hold Other Lands in Possession

1 Kings 2:26 Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you …
Jeremiah 32:8–9 Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for …

No Blemished or Defective Persons Could be Consecrated

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. …

On Special Occasions Persons not of Aaron's Family Acted As

Judges 6:24–27 So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. …
1 Samuel 7:9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
1 Kings 18:33 Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,

Publicly Consecrated

Exodus 28:3 You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.
Numbers 3:3 These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

Punishment for Invading the office of

Numbers 16:1–35 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 26:16–21 But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. …

Required to Prove Their Genealogy Before They Exercised The

Ezra 2:62 These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
Nehemiah 7:64 These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

Required to Remain in the Tabernacle Seven Days After

Leviticus 8:33–36 You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you. …

Required to Wash in the Brazen Laver Before They Performed

Exodus 30:18–21 “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it, …

Revenues of a Fixed Portion of the Spoil Taken in War

Numbers 31:29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
Numbers 31:41 Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Revenues of all Devoted Things

Numbers 18:14 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.

Revenues of all Restitutions when the Owner Could not be Found

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.

Revenues of First of the Wool of Sheep

Deuteronomy 18:4 You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.

Revenues of First-Born of Animals or Their Substitutes

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. …
Exodus 13:12–13 you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD. …

Revenues of First-Fruits

Numbers 18:8 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 18:12–13 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. …
Deuteronomy 18:4 You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.

Revenues of Part of all Sacrifices

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 The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
Leviticus 7:34 I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
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 18:8–11 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 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.

Revenues of Redemption-Money of the First-Born

Numbers 3:48 Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the excess among the Israelites.”
Numbers 3:51 And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the word of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
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. …

Revenues of Show-Bread After Its Removal

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.”
1 Samuel 21:4–6 “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread — provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.” …
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.

Revenues of Tenth of the Tithes Paid to the Levites

Numbers 18:26 “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.
Numbers 18:28 So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.
Nehemiah 10:37–38 Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to …
Hebrews 7:5 Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people — that is, from their brothers — though they too are descended from Abraham.

Saints

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.”
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.

Sanctified by God for the office

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.

Services of Blessing the People

Numbers 6:23–27 “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: …

Services of Blowing the Trumpets on Various Occasions

Numbers 10:1–10 Then the LORD said to Moses, …
Joshua 6:3–4 March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days. …

Services of Burning Incense

Exodus 20:7–8 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain. …
Luke 1:9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

Services of Carrying the Ark

Joshua 3:6 And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
Joshua 3:17 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.
Joshua 6:12 Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.

Services of Covering the Sacred Things of the Sanctuary Before Removal

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. …

Services of Deciding in Cases of Jealousy

Numbers 5:14–15 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— …

Services of Deciding in Cases of Leprosy

Leviticus 13:2–59 “When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest. …
Leviticus 14:34–45 “When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land, …

Services of Encouraging the People when They Went to War

Deuteronomy 20:1–4 When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you. …

Services of Judging in Cases of Controversy

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 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.

Services of Keeping the Charge of the Tabernacle

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 …

Services of Keeping the Sacred Fire Always Burning on the Altar

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. …

Services of Lighting and Trimming the Lamps of the Sanctuary

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. …
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. …

Services of Offering First Fruits

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.” …

Services of Offering Sacrifices

Leviticus 1:1 Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
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 And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.

Services of Placing and Removing Show-Bread

Leviticus 24:5–9 You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf, …

Services of Purifying the Unclean

Leviticus 15:30–31 The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her unclean discharge. …

Services of Teaching the Law

Deuteronomy 33:8 Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
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.
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.

Services of Valuing 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.

Services of, Divided by Lot

Luke 1:9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

Services of, Ineffectual for Removing Sin

Hebrews 7:11 Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood ( for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear — one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the …
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.

Special Laws Respecting: All Bought and Home-Born Servants to Eat of Their Portion

Leviticus 22:11 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.

Special Laws Respecting: Children of, Married to Strangers, not to Eat of Their

Leviticus 22:12 If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.

Special Laws Respecting: No Sojourner or Hired Servant to Eat of Their Portion

Leviticus 22:10 No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.

Special Laws Respecting: Not to Defile Themselves by Eating What Died or Was Torn

Leviticus 22:8 He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

Special Laws Respecting: Not to Defile Themselves for the Dead Except the Nearest of

Leviticus 21:1–6 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people, …

Special Laws Respecting: Not to Drink Wine While Attending in the Tabernacle

Leviticus 10:9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
Ezekiel 44:21 No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.

Special Laws Respecting: Not to Marry Divorced or Improper Persons

Leviticus 21:7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

Special Laws Respecting: Restitution to be Made To, by Persons Ignorantly Eating of

Leviticus 22:14–16 If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest. …

Special Laws Respecting: While Unclean Could not Eat of the Holy Things

Leviticus 22:3–7 Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD. …

Special Laws Respecting: While Unclean Could not Perform Any Service

Leviticus 22:1–2 Then the LORD said to Moses, …
Numbers 19:6–7 The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer. …

The Four Courses Which Returned from Babylon Subdivided Into

Ezra 2:36–39 The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973; …
Luke 1:5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.

The Sons of Aaron Appointed As, by Perpetual Statute

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 40:15 Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

Thirteen of the Levitical Cities Given To, for Residence

1 Chronicles 6:57–60 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, …
Numbers 35:1–8 Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho: …