Hebrews 7:13
Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.
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- 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 17:5 : 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.”
- 2 Chr 26:16-21 : 16 But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He disobeyed the LORD his God. He entered the LORD’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar. 17 Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the LORD followed him in. 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!” 19 Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving at the priests, a skin disease appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the LORD’s temple near the incense altar. 20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king himself wanted to leave quickly because the LORD had afflicted him. 21 King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the LORD’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.
- Heb 7:11 : 11 Jesus 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?
- Heb 7:14 : 14 For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.
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- Heb 7:14-174 verses84%
14For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.
15And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,
16who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.
17For here is the testimony about him:“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Heb 7:8-125 verses77%
8and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.
9And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.
10For he was still in his ancestor Abraham’s loins when Melchizedek met him.
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?
12For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.
- Heb 7:20-212 verses76%
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’”–
- Heb 7:3-64 verses75%
3Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.
4But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.
5And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham.
6But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.
- Heb 8:1-44 verses75%
1The High Priest of a Better Covenant Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
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.
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10We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.
- Heb 7:27-282 verses72%
27He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.
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.
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14However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the sacrificial offerings made to the LORD God of Israel, as he instructed them.
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9Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance just as the LORD your God told him.
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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.
- Heb 7:23-242 verses70%
23And the others who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them from continuing in office,
24but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever.
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6as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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13So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.’”
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33However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the LORD God of Israel, as he instructed them.
- Heb 9:6-72 verses69%
6So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent as they perform their duties.
7But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
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18“Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off from among the Levites;
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7But 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.”
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2They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the LORD alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.
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9But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders, was their responsibility.
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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?
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9But you banished the LORD’s priests, Aaron’s descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods!
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17Nobody is to be in the Meeting Tent when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he goes out, and he has made atonement on his behalf, on behalf of his household, and on behalf of the whole assembly of Israel.
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3Now Moses had assigned land to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.
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6“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.
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64They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.
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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.
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1Stephen’s Defense Before the Council Then the high priest said,“Are these things true?”
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11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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10and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
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7and serves in the name of the LORD his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
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11And every priest stands day after day serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again– sacrifices that can never take away sins.
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47The Exemption of the Levites But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
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7In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage.