Exodus 28:1

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Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.

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  • Num 18:7 : 7 And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.
  • Exod 6:23 : 23 And Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon; and she gave birth to Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
  • Exod 24:1 : 1 And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.
  • Exod 24:9 : 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:
  • Exod 28:41 : 41 These you are to put on Aaron, your brother, and on his sons, putting oil on them, separating them and making them holy, to do the work of priests to me.
  • Exod 29:1 : 1 This is what you are to do to make them holy, to do the work of priests to me: Take one young ox and two male sheep, without any mark on them,
  • Exod 29:9 : 9 And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me.
  • Exod 29:44 : 44 I will make holy the Tent of meeting and the altar: and Aaron and his sons I will make holy, to be my priests
  • Exod 30:30 : 30 And put the oil on Aaron and his sons, making them holy to do the work of priests to me.
  • Exod 31:10 : 10 And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,
  • Exod 35:19 : 19 The robes of needlework for the work of the holy place, the holy robes for Aaron the priest, and the robes for his sons when acting as priests.
  • Lev 8:2 : 2 Take Aaron, and his sons with him, and the robes and the holy oil and the ox of the sin-offering and the two male sheep and the basket of unleavened bread;
  • Lev 10:1 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.
  • Lev 10:12 : 12 And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were still living, Take the rest of the meal offering from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and take it for your food, without leaven, at the side of the altar, for it is most holy.
  • Num 2:4 : 4 The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred.
  • Num 16:9-9 : 9 Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them; 10 Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests? 11 So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him?
  • Num 17:2-9 : 2 Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods, one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father's house, making twelve rods; let every man's name be placed on his rod. 3 And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family. 4 And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you. 5 And the rod of that man who is marked out by me for myself will have buds on it; so I will put a stop to the outcries which the children of Israel make to me against you. 6 So Moses gave these orders to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him rods, one for the head of every family, making twelve rods: and Aaron's rod was among them. 7 And Moses put the rods before the Lord in the Tent of witness. 8 Now on the day after, Moses went into the Tent of witness; and he saw that Aaron's rod, the rod of the house of Levi, had put out buds, and was covered with buds and flowers and fruit. 9 Then Moses took out all the rods from before the Lord, and gave them back to the children of Israel: and they saw them, and every man took his rod.
  • Num 26:61 : 61 Death overtook Nadab and Abihu when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord.
  • Deut 10:6 : 6 (And the children of Israel went on from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah: there death came to Aaron and he was put to rest in the earth; and Eleazar, his son, took his place as priest.
  • 1 Chr 6:10 : 10 And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:)
  • 1 Chr 24:1-4 : 1 Now the divisions into which the sons of Aaron were grouped were these: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests. 3 And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, made distribution of them into their positions for their work. 4 And there were more chiefs among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar; and this is how they were grouped: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, all heads of families; and of the sons of Ithamar, heads of families, there were eight.
  • 2 Chr 11:14 : 14 For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;
  • 2 Chr 26:18-21 : 18 And they made protests to Uzziah the king, and said to him, The burning of perfumes, Uzziah, is not your business but that of the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been made holy for this work: go out of the holy place, for you have done wrong, and it will not be to your honour before God. 19 Then Uzziah was angry; and he had in his hand a vessel for burning perfume; and while his wrath was bitter against the priests, the mark of the leper's disease came out on his brow, before the eyes of the priests in the house of the Lord by the altar of perfumes. 20 And Azariah, the chief priest, and all the priests, looking at him, saw the mark of the leper on his brow, and they sent him out quickly and he himself went out straight away, for the Lord's punishment had come on him. 21 So King Uzziah was a leper till the day of his death, living separately in his private house; for he was cut off from the house of God; and Jotham his son was ruling over his house, judging the people of the land.
  • Luke 1:8 : 8 Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,
  • Heb 5:1-5 : 1 Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins. 2 He is able to have feeling for those who have no knowledge and for those who are wandering from the true way, because he himself is feeble; 3 And being feeble, he has to make sin-offerings for himself as well as for the people. 4 And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself. 5 In the same way Christ did not take for himself the glory of being made a high priest, but was given it by him who said, You are my Son, this day I have given you being:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 18:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1 And the Lord said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's family are to be responsible for all wrongdoing in relation to the holy place: and you and your sons are to be responsible for the errors which come about in your work as priests.

    2 Let your brothers, the family of Levi, come near with you, so that they may be joined with you and be your servants: but you and your sons with you are to go in before the ark of witness.

  • Exod 28:41
    84%

    41 These you are to put on Aaron, your brother, and on his sons, putting oil on them, separating them and making them holy, to do the work of priests to me.

  • Num 3:2-6
    5 verses
    81%

    2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the oldest, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

    3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests, on whom the holy oil was put, who were marked out as priests.

    4 And Nadab and Abihu were put to death before the Lord when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord, in the waste land of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests before Aaron their father.

    5 And the Lord said to Moses,

    6 Make the tribe of Levi come near, and put them before Aaron the priest, to be his helpers,

  • Exod 28:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    2 And make holy robes for Aaron your brother, so that he may be clothed with glory and honour.

    3 Give orders to all the wise-hearted workmen, whom I have made full of the spirit of wisdom, to make robes for Aaron, so that he may be made holy as my priest.

    4 This is what they are to make: a priest's bag, an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of coloured needlework, a head-dress, and a linen band; they are to make holy robes for Aaron your brother and for his sons, so that they may do the work of priests for me.

  • Num 26:60
    80%

    60 Aaron's sons were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

  • Lev 8:2
    79%

    2 Take Aaron, and his sons with him, and the robes and the holy oil and the ox of the sin-offering and the two male sheep and the basket of unleavened bread;

  • Exod 30:30
    79%

    30 And put the oil on Aaron and his sons, making them holy to do the work of priests to me.

  • 1 Chr 24:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 Now the divisions into which the sons of Aaron were grouped were these: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

    2 But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.

  • Exod 40:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13 You are to put on Aaron the holy robes; and you are to put oil on him, and make him holy, so that he may be my priest.

    14 And take his sons with him and put coats on them;

    15 And put oil on them as you did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation.

  • Num 20:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    25 So take Aaron and Eleazar, his son, up into Mount Hor;

    26 And take Aaron's robes off him and put them on Eleazar, his son: and death will come to Aaron there, and he will be put to rest with his people.

  • Exod 6:23
    77%

    23 And Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon; and she gave birth to Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

  • Num 16:10
    77%

    10 Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?

  • 1 Chr 6:3
    77%

    3 And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

  • Exod 29:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8 And take his sons and put their robes on them;

    9 And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me.

  • Num 4:19
    76%

    19 But do this to them, so that life and not death may be theirs when they come near the most holy things; let Aaron and his sons go in and give to every one his work and that which he is to take up;

  • Lev 9:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 And on the eighth day Moses sent for Aaron and his sons and the responsible men of Israel;

    2 And he said to Aaron, Take a young ox for a sin-offering and a male sheep for a burned offering, without a mark, and make an offering of them before the Lord.

  • Num 4:1
    76%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Exod 29:21
    76%

    21 Then take some of the blood on the altar, and the oil, and put it on Aaron and his robes and on his sons and on their robes, so that he and his robes and his sons and their robes may be made holy.

  • Exod 31:10
    76%

    10 And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,

  • Num 8:13
    75%

    13 Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.

  • Lev 10:4
    75%

    4 And Moses sent for Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron's father, and said to them, Come near and take your brothers away from before the holy place, outside the tent-circle.

  • Exod 29:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29 And Aaron's holy robes will be used by his sons after him; they will put them on when they are made priests.

    30 For seven days the son who becomes priest in his place will put them on when he comes into the Tent of meeting to do the work of the holy place.

  • Exod 29:4
    75%

    4 And let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting, and there let them be washed with water.

  • 1 Chr 23:13
    75%

    13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.

  • Num 18:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    6 Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

    7 And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.

    8 And the Lord said to Aaron, See, I have given into your care my lifted offerings; even all the holy things of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons as your right for ever, because you have been marked with the holy oil.

  • Num 3:11
    75%

    11 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • 1 Chr 6:49
    74%

    49 But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burned offering, and on the altar of perfume, for all the work of the most holy place, and to take away the sin of Israel, doing everything ordered by Moses, the servant of God.

  • Exod 29:15
    74%

    15 Then take one of the sheep, and let Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

  • Exod 29:1
    74%

    1 This is what you are to do to make them holy, to do the work of priests to me: Take one young ox and two male sheep, without any mark on them,

  • Exod 29:35
    74%

    35 All these things you are to do to Aaron and his sons as I have given you orders: for seven days the work of making them priests is to go on.

  • Num 4:17
    74%

    17 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Lev 17:2
    74%

    2 Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel: This is the order which the Lord has given.

  • Lev 22:2
    74%

    2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,

  • Num 3:9
    74%

    9 Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; so that they may be his without question from among the children of Israel.