Exodus 27:21
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21 In the tent of meeting,(A) outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law,(B) Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps(C) burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance(D) among the Israelites for the generations to come.
Exodus 27:21
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21 In the tabernacle of meeting, (A)outside the veil which is before the Testimony, (B)Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. (C)It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.
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Exodus 40:15
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15 Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.(A)”
Exodus 40:15
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15 You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be (A)an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”
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Numbers 3:10
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10 Appoint Aaron(A) and his sons to serve as priests;(B) anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”(C)
Numbers 3:10
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10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, (A)and they shall attend to their priesthood; (B)but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”
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Numbers 18:7
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7 But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain.(A) I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift.(B) Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.(C)”
Numbers 18:7
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7 Therefore (A)you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and (B)behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a (C)gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”
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Numbers 25:13
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13 and it shall be to him and (A)his descendants after him a covenant of (B)an everlasting priesthood, because he was (C)zealous for his God, and (D)made [a]atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”
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- Numbers 25:13 Lit. covering
Deuteronomy 18:5
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5 for the Lord your God has chosen them(A) and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister(B) in the Lord’s name always.(C)
Deuteronomy 18:5
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5 For (A)the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes (B)to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.
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Judges 17:5
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5 The man Micah had a (A)shrine, and made an (B)ephod and (C)household[a] idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
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- Judges 17:5 Heb. teraphim
1 Samuel 2:30
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30 “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.(A)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,(B) but those who despise(C) me will be disdained.(D)
1 Samuel 2:30
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30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: (A)‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: (B)‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and (C)those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
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1 Kings 12:31
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31 Jeroboam built shrines(A) on high places and appointed priests(B) from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.
1 Kings 12:31
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31 He made [a]shrines on the high places, (A)and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
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- 1 Kings 12:31 Lit. a house; cf. 1 Kin. 13:32, lit. houses
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