Hebrews 5:4
Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.
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Hebrews 5:4
Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.
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Exodus 28:2
You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
Exodus 28:4
These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
Exodus 28:5
They shall use the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
Exodus 28:6
“They shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
Exodus 28:7
It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.
Exodus 28:8
The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus 28:9
You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel.
Exodus 28:10
Six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
Exodus 28:11
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel. You shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.
Exodus 28:12
You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel. Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.
Exodus 28:13
You shall make settings of gold,
Exodus 28:14
and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work. You shall put the braided chains on the settings.
Judges 17:5
The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
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Exodus 30:7
Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.
Exodus 30:8
When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
1 Samuel 2:28
Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
2 Samuel 6:6
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark and took hold of it, for the cattle stumbled.
2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly and he trespassed against Yahweh his God, for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.
2 Chronicles 26:19
Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in Yahweh’s house, beside the altar of incense.
2 Chronicles 26:21
Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from Yahweh’s house. Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
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Exodus 30:30
You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.
Exodus 31:6
Behold, I myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
Exodus 35:10
“ ‘Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded:
Exodus 35:21
They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh’s offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments.
Exodus 35:22
They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold to Yahweh.
Exodus 35:23
Everyone with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, rams’ skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.
Exodus 35:24
Everyone who offered an offering of silver and bronze brought Yahweh’s offering; and everyone with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.
Exodus 35:27
The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate;
Exodus 35:28
with the spice and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
Exodus 35:32
and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze,
Exodus 35:35
He has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
Acts 6:4
But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”
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Exodus 35:25
All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
Exodus 35:26
All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats’ hair.
Exodus 35:29
The children of Israel brought a free will offering to Yahweh; every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.
Exodus 35:30
Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
Exodus 35:31
He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;
Exodus 35:33
in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.
Exodus 35:34
He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
Luke 10:1
Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he was about to come.
Acts 6:3
Therefore, select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
Acts 14:23
When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord on whom they had believed.
Colossians 4:17
Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow.
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Leviticus 8:1
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 8:3
and assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting.”
Leviticus 8:4
Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
Leviticus 8:5
Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to be done.”
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Exodus 29:4
You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water.
Leviticus 8:6
Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
Hebrews 13:15
Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
1 Peter 2:5
You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Revelation 1:6
and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 5:10
and made us kings and priests to our God; and we will reign on the earth.”
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
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Numbers 3:5
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Numbers 17:10
Yahweh said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the covenant, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their complaining against me, that they not die.”
Numbers 18:21
“To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.
Numbers 18:22
Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
Numbers 18:23
But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Among the children of Israel, they shall have no inheritance.
Numbers 18:24
For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’ ”
Numbers 18:25
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Numbers 18:26
“Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe.
Hebrews 7:5
They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,
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Numbers 3:16
Moses counted them according to Yahweh’s word, as he was commanded.
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Numbers 3:17
These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Numbers 3:18
These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
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Numbers 16:1
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men.
Numbers 16:3
They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?”
Numbers 16:6
Do this: have Korah and all his company take censers,
Numbers 16:7
put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”
Numbers 16:17
Each man take his censer and put incense on it, and each man bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each with his censer.”
Numbers 17:2
“Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod.
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Numbers 17:1
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Psalms 77:20
You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Psalms 115:10
House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Psalms 115:12
Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
Psalms 118:3
Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
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Deuteronomy 12:5
But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there.
Deuteronomy 12:6
You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there.
Deuteronomy 12:7
There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 12:8
You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
Deuteronomy 12:9
for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Yahweh your God gives you.
Deuteronomy 12:10
But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety,
Deuteronomy 12:11
then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 12:12
You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
Deuteronomy 12:13
Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
Deuteronomy 12:14
but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.
1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
1 Kings 3:4
The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
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1 Kings 12:31
He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Kings 13:34
This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.
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1 Kings 13:33
After this thing, Jeroboam didn’t turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
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2 Chronicles 19:11
Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and may Yahweh be with the good.”
Ezra 7:5
the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
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Psalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
Psalms 40:7
Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
Psalms 40:8
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
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Isaiah 48:15
I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous.
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Jeremiah 23:20
Yahweh’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.
Jeremiah 23:21
I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
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1 Samuel 2:13
The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;
2 Kings 10:16
He said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh.” So they made him ride in his chariot.
Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
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Isaiah 22:20
It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
Isaiah 42:1
“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
Ezekiel 23:21
Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the caressing of your nipples by the Egyptians because of your youthful breasts.
Matthew 3:17
Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
John 8:28
Jesus therefore said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
John 8:29
He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”
John 10:36
do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’
John 12:28
Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
John 17:4
I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
John 17:5
Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
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Mark 1:13
He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.
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Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
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Luke 4:19
and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
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Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
John 2:11
This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
John 5:31
“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
John 5:32
It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
John 7:18
He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
John 8:50
But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
John 8:54
Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
2 Corinthians 10:18
For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
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John 10:2
But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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John 10:25
Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me.
John 17:6
“I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.
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Malachi 2:4
You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
Acts 2:4
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
Acts 14:26
From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
Romans 10:15
And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”
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Haggai 2:9
‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ says Yahweh of Armies.”
Acts 19:13
But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
Acts 19:14
There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
Acts 19:15
The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
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Acts 19:34
But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
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Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,
Romans 15:15
But I write the more boldly to you in part as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
Romans 15:16
that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—
Galatians 1:15
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace,
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Timothy 1:11
For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
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Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
Hebrews 2:2
For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,
Hebrews 2:3
how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,
Hebrews 2:4
God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
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John 17:19
For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
Hebrews 5:8
though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
Hebrews 5:9
Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
Hebrews 5:11
About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
Hebrews 6:11
We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
Hebrews 6:20
where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:11
Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Hebrews 7:12
For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.
Hebrews 7:15
This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,
Hebrews 7:16
who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life;
Hebrews 8:1
Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
Hebrews 8:2
a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man.
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Hebrews 7:17
for it is testified, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
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Deuteronomy 18:15
Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
Psalms 2:6
“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
Psalms 89:19
Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
Jeremiah 30:21
Their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will proceed from among them. I will cause him to draw near, and he will approach me; for who is he who has had boldness to approach me?” says Yahweh.
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,
Hebrews 3:3
For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.
Hebrews 4:14
Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession.
Hebrews 7:25
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 8:3
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
Hebrews 9:11
But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
Hebrews 10:19
Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
Hebrews 10:21
and having a great priest over God’s house,
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James 3:1
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
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