Bible verses about Priests
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- First notice of persons acting as
Genesis 4:3,4- During patriarchal age heads of families acted as
Genesis 8:20; 12:8; 35:7- After the exodus young men (first-born) deputed to act as
Exodus 24:5; 19:22- The sons of Aaron appointed as, by perpetual statute
Exodus 29:9; 40:15- All except seed of Aaron excluded from being
Numbers 3:10; 16:40; 18:7- Sanctified by God for the office
Exodus 29:44- Publicly consecrated
Exodus 28:3; Numbers 3:3- CEREMONIES AT CONSECRATION OF
- Washing in water
Exodus 29:4; Leviticus 8:6
- Clothing with the holy garments
Exodus 29:8,9; 40:14; Leviticus 8:13
- Anointing with oil
Exodus 30:30; 40:13
- Offering sacrifices
Exodus 29:10-19; Leviticus 8:14-23
- Purification by blood of the consecration ram
Exodus 29:20,21; Leviticus 8:23,24
- Placing in their hands the wave-offering
Exodus 29:22-24; Leviticus 8:25-27
- Partaking of the sacrifices of consecration
Exodus 29:31-33; Leviticus 8:31,32
- Lasted seven days
Exodus 29:35-37; Leviticus 8:33- Required to remain in the tabernacle seven days after consecration
Leviticus 8:33-36- No blemished or defective persons could be consecrated
Leviticus 21:17-23- Required to prove their genealogy before they exercised the office
Ezra 2:62; Nehemiah 7:64- GARMENTS OF
- The coat or tunic
Exodus 28:40; 39:27
- The girdle
Exodus 28:40
- The bonnet
Exodus 28:40; 39:28
- The linen breeches
Exodus 28:42; 39:28
- Worn at consecration
Exodus 29:9; 40:15
- Worn always while engaged in the service of the tabernacle
Exodus 28:43; 39:41
- Worn by the high priest on the day of atonement
Leviticus 16:4
- Purified by sprinkling of blood
Exodus 29:21
- Laid up in holy chambers
Ezekiel 44:19
- Often provided by the people
Ezra 2:68,69; Nehemiah 7:70,72- Required to wash in the brazen laver before they performed their services
Exodus 30:18-21- SERVICES OF
- Keeping the charge of the tabernacle
Numbers 18:1,5,7
- Covering the sacred things of the sanctuary before removal
Numbers 4:5-15
- Offering sacrifices
Leviticus 1:1-6:30; II Chronicles 29:34; 35:11
- Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary
Exodus 27:20,21; Leviticus 24:3,4
- Keeping the sacred fire always burning on the altar
Leviticus 6:12,13
- Burning incense
Exodus 20:7,8; Luke 1:9
- Placing and removing show-bread
Leviticus 24:5-9
- Offering first fruits
Leviticus 23:10,11; Deuteronomy 26:3,4
- Blessing the people
Numbers 6:23-27
- Purifying the unclean
Leviticus 15:30,31
- Deciding in cases of jealousy
Numbers 5:14,15
- Deciding in cases of leprosy
Leviticus 13:2-59; 14:34-45
- Judging in cases of controversy
Deuteronomy 17:8-13; 21:5
- Teaching the law
Deuteronomy 33:8,10; Malachi 2:7
- Blowing the trumpets on various occasions
Numbers 10:1-10; Joshua 6:3,4
- Carrying the ark
Joshua 3:6,17; 6:12
- Encouraging the people when they went to war
Deuteronomy 20:1-4
- Valuing things devoted
Leviticus 27:8- Were to live by the altar as they had no inheritance
Deuteronomy 18:1,2; I Corinthians 9:13- REVENUES OF
- Tenth of the tithes paid to the Levites
Numbers 18:26,28; Nehemiah 10:37,38; Hebrews 7:5
- First-fruits
Numbers 18:8,12,13; Deuteronomy 18:4
- Redemption-money of the first-born
Numbers 3:48,51; 18:15,16
- First-born of animals or their substitutes
Numbers 18:17,18; Exodus 13:12,13
- First of the wool of sheep
Deuteronomy 18:4
- Show-bread after its removal
Leviticus 24:9; I Samuel 21:4-6; Matthew 12:4
- Part of all sacrifices
Leviticus 7:6-10,31,34; Numbers 6:19,20; 18:8-11; Deuteronomy 18:3
- All devoted things
Numbers 18:14
- All restitutions when the owner could not be found
Numbers 5:8
- A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war
Numbers 31:29,41- Thirteen of the Levitical cities given to, for residence
I Chronicles 6:57-60; Numbers 35:1-8- Might purchase and hold other lands in possession
I Kings 2:26; Jeremiah 32:8,9- SPECIAL LAWS RESPECTING
- Not to marry divorced or improper persons
Leviticus 21:7
- Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of kin
Leviticus 21:1-6
- Not to drink wine, &c while attending in the tabernacle
Leviticus 10:9; Ezekiel 44:21
- Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn
Leviticus 22:8
- While unclean could not perform any service
Leviticus 22:1,2; Numbers 19:6,7
- While unclean could not eat of the holy things
Leviticus 22:3-7
- No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion
Leviticus 22:10
- All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion
Leviticus 22:11
- Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their portion
Leviticus 22:12
- Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of their holy things
Leviticus 22:14-16- Divided by David into twenty-four courses
I Chronicles 24:1-19; II Chronicles 8:14; 35:4,5- The four courses which returned from Babylon subdivided into 24
Ezra 2:36-39; Luke 1:5- Each course of, had its president or chief
I Chronicles 24:6,31; II Chronicles 36:14- Services of, divided by lot
Luke 1:9- Punishment for invading the office of
Numbers 16:1-35; 18:7; II Chronicles 26:16-21- On special occasions persons not of Aaron's family acted as
Judges 6:24-27; I Samuel 7:9; I Kings 18:33- WERE SOMETIMES
- Greedy
I Samuel 2:13-17
- Drunken
Isaiah 28:7
- Profane and wicked
I Samuel 2:22-24
- Unjust
Jeremiah 6:13
- Corrupters of the law
Isaiah 28:7; Malachi 2:8
- Slow to sanctify, themselves for God's services
II Chronicles 29:34- Generally participated in punishment of the people
Jeremiah 14:18; Lamentations 2:20- Made of the lowest of the people by Jeroboam and others
I Kings 12:21; II Kings 17:32- Services of, ineffectual for removing sin
Hebrews 7:11; 10:11- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Saints
Exodus 19:6; I Peter 2:9