Leviticus 21:10

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Rules for the High Priest“‘The high priest– who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments– must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 16:32 : 32 “The priest who is anointed and ordained to act as high priest in place of his father is to make atonement. He is to put on the linen garments, the holy garments,
  • Lev 10:6-7 : 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his other two sons,“Do not dishevel the hair of your heads and do not tear your garments, so that you do not die and so that wrath does not come on the whole congregation. Your brothers, all the house of Israel, are to mourn the burning which the LORD has caused, 7 but you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent lest you die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they acted according to the word of Moses.
  • Lev 8:12 : 12 He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.
  • Matt 26:65 : 65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared,“He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!
  • Num 35:25 : 25 The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil.
  • Exod 29:29-30 : 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. 30 The priest who succeeds him from his sons, when he first comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.
  • Lev 8:7-9 : 7 Then he put the tunic on Aaron, wrapped the sash around him, and clothed him with the robe. Next he put the ephod on him and placed on him the decorated band of the ephod, and fastened the ephod closely to him with the band. 8 He then set the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim into the breastpiece. 9 Finally, he set the turban on his head and attached the gold plate, the holy diadem, to the front of the turban just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Gen 37:34 : 34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.
  • Exod 28:2-4 : 2 You must make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty. 3 You 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. 4 Now these are the garments that they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, that they may minister as my priests.
  • 2 Sam 15:30 : 30 As David was going up the Mount of Olives, he was weeping as he went; his head was covered and his feet were bare. All the people who were with him also had their heads covered and were weeping as they went up.
  • Esth 6:12 : 12 Then Mordecai again sat at the king’s gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.
  • Job 1:20 : 20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.
  • Ps 133:2 : 2 It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard– Aaron’s beard, and then flows down his garments.
  • Lev 13:45 : 45 The Life of the Person with Skin Disease“As for the diseased person who has the infection, his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, and he must call out‘Unclean! Unclean!’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:11-12
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    11He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

    12He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 10:6-7
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    6Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his other two sons,“Do not dishevel the hair of your heads and do not tear your garments, so that you do not die and so that wrath does not come on the whole congregation. Your brothers, all the house of Israel, are to mourn the burning which the LORD has caused,

    7but you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent lest you die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they acted according to the word of Moses.

  • Lev 21:4-5
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    4He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself.

    5Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.

  • 32“The priest who is anointed and ordained to act as high priest in place of his father is to make atonement. He is to put on the linen garments, the holy garments,

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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.

    30The priest who succeeds him from his sons, when he first comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.

  • Num 6:7-9
    3 verses
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    7He must not defile himself even for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die, because the separation for his God is on his head.

    8All the days of his separation he must be holy to the LORD.

    9Contingencies for Defilement“‘If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he must shave his head on the day of his purification– on the seventh day he must shave it.

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    19When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

    20“‘They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads.

    21No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.

  • 10the woven garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons, to minister as priests,

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    40“For Aaron’s sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands for glory and for beauty.

    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.

  • 4He must put on a holy linen tunic, linen leggings are to cover his body, and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash and wrap his head with a linen turban. They are holy garments, so he must bathe his body in water and put them on.

  • 9If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death.

  • 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.’”

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

  • Exod 29:6-7
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    72%

    6You are to put the turban on his head and put the holy diadem on the turban.

    7You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

  • 18and the remainder of the olive oil that is in his hand the priest is to put on the head of the one being cleansed. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the LORD.

  • 14When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are.”

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 1Rules for the Priests The LORD said to Moses:“Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron– say to them,‘For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people,

  • 23The Concluding Rituals“Aaron must then enter the Meeting Tent and take off the linen garments which he had put on when he entered the sanctuary, and leave them there.

  • 27You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

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

  • 2It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard– Aaron’s beard, and then flows down his garments.

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

  • 5“‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

  • 29and the remainder of the olive oil that is in the hand of the priest he is to put on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the LORD.

  • 4Now these are the garments that they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, that they may minister as my priests.

  • 7Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and afterward he may come into the camp, but the priest will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

  • 15He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”

  • 44he is a diseased man. He is unclean. The priest must surely pronounce him unclean because of his infection on his head.

  • 32There is to be an opening in its top in the center of it, with an edge all around the opening, the work of a weaver, like the opening of a collar, so that it cannot be torn.

  • 22Let the priests also, who approach the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break through against them.”

  • 9Finally, he set the turban on his head and attached the gold plate, the holy diadem, to the front of the turban just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • 10Then the priest must put on his linen robe and must put linen leggings over his bare flesh, and he must take up the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire consumed on the altar, and he must place them beside the altar.

  • 19the woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests.”

  • 4Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head.

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

  • 7They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

  • 32It must not be applied to people’s bodies, and you must not make any like it with the same recipe. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

  • 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.