PRIESTS

- First notice of persons acting as Ge 4:3,4 - During patriarchal age heads of families acted as Ge 8:20; 12:8; 35:7 - After the exodus young men (first-born) deputed to act as Ex 24:5; 19:22 - The sons of Aaron appointed as, by perpetual statute Ex 29:9; 40:15 - All except seed of Aaron excluded from being Nu 3:10; 16:40; 18:7 - Sanctified by God for the office Ex 29:44 - Publicly consecrated Ex 28:3; Nu 3:3 - CEREMONIES AT CONSECRATION OF . Washing in water Ex 29:4; Le 8:6 . Clothing with the holy garments Ex 29:8,9; 40:14; Le 8:13 . Anointing with oil Ex 30:30; 40:13 . Offering sacrifices Ex 29:10-19; Le 8:14-23 . Purification by blood of the consecration ram Ex 29:20,21; Le 8:23,24 . Placing in their hands the wave-offering Ex 29:22-24; Le 8:25-27 . Partaking of the sacrifices of consecration Ex 29:31-33; Le 8:31,32 . Lasted seven days Ex 29:35-37; Le 8:33 - Required to remain in the tabernacle seven days after consecration Le 8:33-36 - No blemished or defective persons could be consecrated Le 21:17-23 - Required to prove their genealogy before they exercised the office Ezr 2:62; Ne 7:64 - GARMENTS OF . The coat or tunic Ex 28:40; 39:27 . The girdle Ex 28:40 . The bonnet Ex 28:40; 39:28 . The linen breeches Ex 28:42; 39:28 . Worn at consecration Ex 29:9; 40:15 . Worn always while engaged in the service of the tabernacle Ex 28:43; 39:41 . Worn by the high priest on the day of atonement Le 16:4 . Purified by sprinkling of blood Ex 29:21 . Laid up in holy chambers Eze 44:19 . Often provided by the people Ezr 2:68,69; Ne 7:70,72 - Required to wash in the brazen laver before they performed their services Ex 30:18-21 - SERVICES OF . Keeping the charge of the tabernacle Nu 18:1,5,7 . Covering the sacred things of the sanctuary before removal Nu 4:5-15 . Offering sacrifices Le 1:1-6:30; 2Ch 29:34; 35:11 . Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary Ex 27:20,21; Le 24:3,4 . Keeping the sacred fire always burning on the altar Le 6:12,13 . Burning incense Ex 20:7,8; Lu 1:9 . Placing and removing show-bread Le 24:5-9 . Offering first fruits Le 23:10,11; De 26:3,4 . Blessing the people Nu 6:23-27 . Purifying the unclean Le 15:30,31 . Deciding in cases of jealousy Nu 5:14,15 . Deciding in cases of leprosy Le 13:2-59; 14:34-45 . Judging in cases of controversy De 17:8-13; 21:5 . Teaching the law De 33:8,10; Mal 2:7 . Blowing the trumpets on various occasions Nu 10:1-10; Jos 6:3,4 . Carrying the ark Jos 3:6,17; 6:12 . Encouraging the people when they went to war De 20:1-4 . Valuing things devoted Le 27:8 - Were to live by the altar as they had no inheritance De 18:1,2; 1Co 9:13 - REVENUES OF . Tenth of the tithes paid to the Levites Nu 18:26,28; Ne 10:37,38; Heb 7:5 . First-fruits Nu 18:8,12,13; De 18:4 . Redemption-money of the first-born Nu 3:48,51; 18:15,16 . First-born of animals or their substitutes Nu 18:17,18; Ex 13:12,13 . First of the wool of sheep De 18:4 . Show-bread after its removal Le 24:9; 1Sa 21:4-6; Mt 12:4 . Part of all sacrifices Le 7:6-10,31,34; Nu 6:19,20; 18:8-11; De 18:3 . All devoted things Nu 18:14 . All restitutions when the owner could not be found Nu 5:8 . A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war Nu 31:29,41 - Thirteen of the Levitical cities given to, for residence 1Ch 6:57-60; Nu 35:1-8 - Might purchase and hold other lands in possession 1Ki 2:26; Jer 32:8,9 - SPECIAL LAWS RESPECTING . Not to marry divorced or improper persons Le 21:7 . Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of kin Le 21:1-6 . Not to drink wine, Le 10:9; Eze 44:21 . Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn Le 22:8 . While unclean could not perform any service Le 22:1,2; Nu 19:6,7 . While unclean could not eat of the holy things Le 22:3-7 . No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion Le 22:10 . All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion Le 22:11 . Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their portion Le 22:12 . Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of their holy things Le 22:14-16 - Divided by David into twenty-four courses 1Ch 24:1-19; 2Ch 8:14; 35:4,5 - The four courses which returned from Babylon subdivided into 24 Ezr 2:36-39; Lu 1:5 - Each course of, had its president or chief 1Ch 24:6,31; 2Ch 36:14 - Services of, divided by lot Lu 1:9 - Punishment for invading the office of Nu 16:1-35; 18:7; 2Ch 26:16-21 - On special occasions persons not of Aaron's family acted as Jud 6:24-27; 1Sa 7:9; 1Ki 18:33 - WERE SOMETIMES . Greedy 1Sa 2:13-17 . Drunken Isa 28:7 . Profane and wicked 1Sa 2:22-24 . Unjust Jer 6:13 . Corrupters of the law Isa 28:7; Mal 2:8 . Slow to sanctify, themselves for God's services 2Ch 29:34 - Generally participated in punishment of the people Jer 14:18; La 2:20 - Made of the lowest of the people by Jeroboam and others 1Ki 12:21; 2Ki 17:32 - Services of, ineffectual for removing sin Heb 7:11; 10:11 - ILLUSTRATIVE OF . Christ Heb 10:11,12 . Saints Ex 19:6; 1Pe 2:9