Hebrews 5:4

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And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.

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  • Exod 28:1 : 1 The Clothing of the Priests“And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests– Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
  • 1 Chr 23:13 : 13 The sons of Amram:Aaron and Moses.Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the LORD, to serve him, and to praise his name.
  • 2 Chr 26:18 : 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said to him,“It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the LORD. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed and the LORD God will not honor you!”
  • Num 16:40 : 40 It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to burn incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his company– just as the LORD had spoken by the authority of Moses.
  • Num 16:5 : 5 Then he said to Korah and to all his company,“In the morning the LORD will make known who are his, and who is holy. He will cause that person to approach him; the person he has chosen he will cause to approach him.
  • Num 16:7 : 7 put fire in them, and set incense on them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses will be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”
  • Num 16:10 : 10 He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also?
  • Num 16:35 : 35 Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
  • Num 16:46-48 : 46 Then Moses said to Aaron,“Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD– the plague has begun!” 47 So Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague was just beginning among the people. So he placed incense on the coals and made atonement for the people. 48 He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.
  • Num 17:3-9 : 3 You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe. 4 You must place them in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant where I meet with you. 5 And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.” 6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, according to their tribes– twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs. 7 Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. 8 On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony– and the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds! 9 So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff. 10 The Memorial The LORD said to Moses,“Bring Aaron’s staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die.” 11 So Moses did as the LORD commanded him– this is what he did.
  • Num 18:1-5 : 1 Responsibilities of the Priests The LORD said to Aaron,“You and your sons and your tribe with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 “Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join with you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. 3 They must be responsible to care for you and to care for the entire tabernacle. However, they must not come near the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die. 4 They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you. 5 You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be no more wrath on the Israelites.
  • Num 18:7 : 7 But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service, but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death.”
  • John 3:27 : 27 John replied,“No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
  • Num 3:3 : 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.
  • Lev 8:2 : 2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, the sin offering bull, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,

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  • Heb 5:5-6
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    5So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him,“You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”

    6as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • Heb 5:3
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    3and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.

  • Heb 5:10
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    10and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:1
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    1For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

  • Exod 40:13
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    13Then you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him so that he may minister as my priest.

  • Num 3:3
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    3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.

  • Num 18:1
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    1Responsibilities of the Priests The LORD said to Aaron,“You and your sons and your tribe with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

  • Exod 30:30
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    30“You are to anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them, so that they may minister as my priests.

  • Exod 28:1-3
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    1The Clothing of the Priests“And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests– Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

    2You must make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty.

    3You are to speak to all who are specially skilled, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, so that they may make Aaron’s garments to set him apart to minister as my priest.

  • Exod 28:41
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    41“You are to clothe them– your brother Aaron and his sons with him– and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.

  • Heb 8:2-4
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    2a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.

    3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

    4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

  • Num 4:19
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    19but in order that they will live and not die when they approach the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint each man to his service and his responsibility.

  • Lev 10:8
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    8Perpetual Statutes the Lord Spoke to Aaron Then the LORD spoke to Aaron,

  • Lev 8:12
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    12He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.

  • Heb 7:20-21
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    20And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

    21but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him,“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,‘You are a priest forever’”–

  • Num 4:17
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    17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Num 18:8
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    8The Portion of the Priests The LORD spoke to Aaron,“See, I have given you the responsibility for my raised offerings; I have given all the holy things of the Israelites to you as your priestly portion and to your sons as a perpetual ordinance.

  • Lev 21:21
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    21No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward to present the LORD’s gifts; he has a physical flaw, so he must not step forward to present the food of his God.

  • Exod 29:29
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    29“The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they may be anointed in them and consecrated in them.

  • Exod 29:21
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    21You are to take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him, so that he may be holy, he and his garments along with his sons and his sons’ garments.

  • Lev 21:16-17
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    16Rules for the Priesthood The LORD spoke to Moses:

    17“Tell Aaron,‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God.

  • 1 Chr 6:49
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    49But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary. They made atonement for Israel, just as God’s servant Moses had ordered.

  • Lev 22:2
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    2“Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 9:1
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    1Inauguration of Tabernacle Worship On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel,

  • Lev 10:3
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    3Moses then said to Aaron,“This is what the LORD spoke:‘Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.’” So Aaron kept silent.

  • Heb 7:13
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    13Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.

  • Lev 8:30
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    30Anointing Aaron, his Sons, and their Garments Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons’ garments with him. So he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

  • Num 27:20
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    20Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient.

  • Num 16:10
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    10He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also?

  • Heb 3:3
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    3For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself!

  • Heb 7:28
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    28For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.

  • Lev 16:2-3
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    2and the LORD said to Moses:“Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the holy place inside the special curtain in front of the atonement lid that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement lid.

    3Day of Atonement Offerings“In this way Aaron is to enter into the sanctuary– with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

  • Num 4:1
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    1The Service of the Kohathites Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Lev 7:35
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    35This is the allotment of Aaron and the allotment of his sons from the LORD’s gifts on the day Moses presented them to serve as priests to the LORD.

  • Exod 29:9
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    9and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.

  • Lev 21:23
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    23but he must not go near the special curtain or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus he must not profane my holy places, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

  • Heb 7:11
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    11Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood– for on that basis the people received the law– what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?

  • 1 Chr 23:13
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    13The sons of Amram:Aaron and Moses.Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the LORD, to serve him, and to praise his name.

  • Exod 28:38
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    38It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron will bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the Israelites are to sanctify by all their holy gifts; it will always be on his forehead, for their acceptance before the LORD.

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    35“Thus you are to do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you are to consecrate them for seven days.

  • Deut 18:5
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    5For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.