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, &c while attending in the tabernacle. -- 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 -- Jdj 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.