Bible Cross References
time the Lord
Exodus 29:1-37
1
"This is what you are to do to Aaron and his sons to dedicate them as priests in my service. Take one young bull and two rams without any defects.
2
Use the best wheat flour, but no yeast, and make some bread with olive oil, some without it, and some in the form of thin cakes brushed with oil.
3
Put them in a basket and offer them to me when you sacrifice the bull and the two rams.
4
"Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of my presence, and have them take a ritual bath.
5
Then dress Aaron in the priestly garments---the shirt, the robe that goes under the ephod, the ephod, the breastpiece, and the belt.
6
Put the turban on him and tie on it the sacred sign of dedication engraved 'Dedicated to the LORD.'
7
Then take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.
8
"Bring his sons and put shirts on them;
9
put sashes around their waists and tie caps on their heads. That is how you are to ordain Aaron and his sons. They and their descendants are to serve me as priests forever.
10
"Bring the bull to the front of the Tent of my presence and tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on its head.
11
Kill the bull there in my holy presence at the entrance of the Tent.
12
Take some of the bull's blood and with your finger put it on the projections of the altar. Then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
13
Next, take all the fat which covers the internal organs, the best part of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar as an offering to me.
14
But burn the bull's flesh, its skin, and its intestines outside the camp. This is an offering to take away the sins of the priests.
15
"Take one of the rams and tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on its head.
16
Kill it, and take its blood and throw it against all four sides of the altar.
17
Cut the ram in pieces; wash its internal organs and its hind legs, and put them on top of the head and the other pieces.
18
Burn the whole ram on the altar as a food offering. The odor of this offering pleases me.
19
"Take the other ram---the ram used for dedication---and tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on its head.
20
Kill it, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Throw the rest of the blood against all four sides of the altar.
21
Take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his clothes and on his sons and their clothes. He, his sons, and their clothes will then be dedicated to me.
22
"Cut away the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat covering the internal organs, the best part of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh.
23
From the basket of bread which has been offered to me, take one loaf of each kind: one loaf made with olive oil and one made without it and one thin cake.
24
Put all this food in the hands of Aaron and his sons and have them dedicate it to me as a special gift.
25
Then take it from them and burn it on the altar, on top of the burnt offering, as a food offering to me. The odor of this offering pleases me.
26
"Take the breast of this ram and dedicate it to me as a special gift. This part of the animal will be yours.
27
"When a priest is ordained, the breast and the thigh of the ram being used for the ordination are to be dedicated to me as a special gift and set aside for the priests.
28
It is my unchanging decision that when my people make their fellowship offerings, the breast and the thigh of the animal belong to the priests. This is the people's gift to me, the LORD.
29
"Aaron's priestly garments are to be handed on to his sons after his death, for them to wear when they are ordained.
30
The son of Aaron who succeeds him as priest and who goes into the Tent of my presence to serve in the Holy Place is to wear these garments for seven days.
31
"Take the meat of the ram used for the ordination of Aaron and his sons and boil it in a holy place.
32
At the entrance of the Tent of my presence they are to eat it along with the bread left in the basket.
33
They shall eat what was used in the ritual of forgiveness at their ordination. Only priests may eat this food, because it is sacred.
34
If some of the meat or some of the bread is not eaten by morning, it is to be burned; it is not to be eaten, for it is sacred.
35
"Perform the rites of ordination for Aaron and his sons for seven days exactly as I have commanded you.
36
Each day you must offer a bull as a sacrifice, so that sin may be forgiven. This will purify the altar. Then anoint it with olive oil to make it holy.
37
Do this every day for seven days. Then the altar will be completely holy, and anyone or anything that touches it will be harmed by the power of its holiness.
Leviticus 8:9
He placed the turban on his head, and on the front of it he put the gold ornament, the sacred sign of dedication, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Numbers 1:47-53
47
The Levites were not registered with the other tribes,
48
because the LORD had said to Moses,
49
"When you take a census of the men fit for military service, do not include the tribe of Levi.
50
Instead, put the Levites in charge of the Tent of my presence and all its equipment. They shall carry it and its equipment, serve in it, and set up their camp around it.
51
Whenever you move your camp, the Levites shall take the Tent down and set it up again at each new campsite. Anyone else who comes near the Tent shall be put to death.
52
The rest of the Israelites shall set up camp, company by company, each man with his own group and under his own banner.
53
But the Levites shall camp around the Tent to guard it, so that no one may come near and cause my anger to strike the community of Israel."
Numbers 3:1-4
1
This is the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai.
2
Aaron had four sons: Nadab, the oldest, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3
They were anointed and ordained as priests,
4
but Nadab and Abihu were killed when they offered unholy fire to the LORD in the Sinai Desert. They had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during Aaron's lifetime.
Numbers 8:1-26
1
The LORD said to Moses,
2
"Tell Aaron that when he puts the seven lamps on the lampstand, he should place them so that the light shines toward the front."
3
Aaron obeyed and placed the lamps facing the front of the lampstand.
4
From top to bottom the lampstand was made of hammered gold, according to the pattern that the LORD had shown Moses.
5
The LORD said to Moses,
6
"Separate the Levites from the rest of the people of Israel and purify them
7
in the following way: sprinkle them with the water of purification and have them shave their whole bodies and have them wash their clothes. Then they will be ritually clean.
8
Then they are to take a young bull and the required grain offering of flour mixed with olive oil; and you are to take another bull for the sin offering.
9
Then assemble the whole community of Israel and have the Levites stand in front of the Tent of my presence.
10
The people of Israel are to place their hands on the heads of the Levites,
11
and then Aaron shall dedicate the Levites to me as a special gift from the Israelites, so that they may do my work.
12
The Levites shall then put their hands on the heads of the two bulls; one is to be offered as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, in order to perform the ritual of purification for the Levites.
13
"Dedicate the Levites as a special gift to me, and put Aaron and his sons in charge of them.
14
Separate the Levites in this way from the rest of the Israelites, so that they will belong to me.
15
After you have purified and dedicated the Levites, they will be qualified to work in the Tent.
16
I have claimed them in the place of all the first-born sons of the Israelites, and they belong to me alone.
17
When I killed all the first-born in Egypt, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal.
18
I am now taking the Levites instead of all the first-born of the Israelites,
19
and I assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons, as a gift from the Israelites, to work in the Tent for the people of Israel and to protect the Israelites from the disaster that would strike them if they came too near the Holy Place."
20
So Moses, Aaron, and all the people of Israel dedicated the Levites, as the LORD commanded Moses.
21
The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron dedicated them as a special gift to the LORD. He also performed the ritual of purification for them.
22
The people did everything the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites. And so the Levites were qualified to work in the Tent under Aaron and his sons.
23
The LORD said to Moses,
24
"From the age of twenty-five each Levite shall perform his duties in the Tent of my presence,
25
and at the age of fifty he shall retire.
26
After that, he may help his fellow Levites in performing their duties in the Tent, but he must not perform any service by himself. This is how you are to regulate the duties of the Levites."
Numbers 16:9
Do you consider it a small matter that the God of Israel has set you apart from the rest of the community, so that you can approach him, perform your service in the LORD's Tent, and minister to the community and serve them?
Numbers 16:10
He has let you and all the other Levites have this honor---and now you are trying to get the priesthood too!
Numbers 18:1-32
1
The LORD said to Aaron, "You, your sons, and the Levites must suffer the consequences of any guilt connected with serving in the Tent of my presence; but only you and your sons will suffer the consequences of service in the priesthood.
2
Bring in your relatives, the tribe of Levi, to work with you and help you while you and your sons are serving at the Tent.
3
They are to fulfill their duties to you and their responsibilities for the Tent, but they must not have any contact with sacred objects in the Holy Place or with the altar. If they do, both they and you will be put to death.
4
They are to work with you and fulfill their responsibilities for all the service in the Tent, but no unqualified person may work with you.
5
You and your sons alone must fulfill the responsibilities for the Holy Place and the altar, so that my anger will not again break out against the people of Israel.
6
I am the one who has chosen your relatives the Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you. They are dedicated to me, so that they can carry out their duties in the Tent.
7
But you and your sons alone shall fulfill all the responsibilities of the priesthood that concern the altar and what is in the Most Holy Place. These things are your responsibility, because I have given you the gift of the priesthood. Any unqualified person who comes near the sacred objects shall be put to death."
8
The LORD said to Aaron, "Remember that I am giving you all the special contributions made to me that are not burned as sacrifices. I am giving them to you and to your descendants as the part assigned to you forever.
9
Of the most sacred offerings not burned on the altar, the following belong to you: the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the repayment offerings. Everything that is presented to me as a sacred offering belongs to you and your sons.
10
You must eat these things in a holy place, and only males may eat them; consider them holy.
11
"In addition, any other special contributions that the Israelites present to me shall be yours. I am giving them to you, your sons, and your daughters for all time to come. Every member of your family who is ritually clean may eat them.
12
"I am giving you all the best of the first produce which the Israelites give me each year: olive oil, wine, and grain.
13
It all belongs to you. Every member of your family who is ritually clean may eat it.
14
"Everything in Israel that has been unconditionally dedicated to me belongs to you.
15
"Every first-born child or animal that the Israelites present to me belongs to you. But you must accept payment to buy back every first-born child, and must also accept payment for every first-born animal that is ritually unclean.
16
Children shall be bought back at the age of one month for the fixed price of five pieces of silver, according to the official standard.
17
But the first-born of cows, sheep, and goats are not to be bought back; they belong completely to me and are to be sacrificed. Throw their blood against the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, an odor pleasing to me.
18
The meat from them belongs to you, like the breast and the right hind leg of the special offering.
19
"I am giving to you, to your sons, and to your daughters, for all time to come, all the special contributions which the Israelites present to me. This is an unbreakable covenant that I have made with you and your descendants."
20
The LORD said to Aaron, "You will not receive any property that can be inherited, and no part of the land of Israel will be assigned to you. I, the LORD, am all you need."
21
The LORD said, "I have given to the Levites every tithe that the people of Israel present to me. This is in payment for their service in taking care of the Tent of my presence.
22
The other Israelites must no longer approach the Tent and in this way bring on themselves the penalty of death.
23
From now on only the Levites will take care of the Tent and bear the full responsibility for it. This is a permanent rule that applies also to your descendants. The Levites shall have no permanent property in Israel,
24
because I have given to them as their possession the tithe which the Israelites present to me as a special contribution. That is why I told them that they would have no permanent property in Israel."
25
The LORD commanded Moses
26
to say to the Levites: "When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that the LORD gives you as your possession, you must present a tenth of it as a special contribution to the LORD.
27
This special contribution will be considered as the equivalent of the offering which the farmer makes of new grain and new wine.
28
In this way you also will present the special contribution that belongs to the LORD from all the tithes which you receive from the Israelites. You are to give this special contribution for the LORD to Aaron the priest.
29
Give it from the best that you receive.
30
When you have presented the best part, you may keep the rest, just as the farmer keeps what is left after he makes his offering.
31
You and your families may eat the rest anywhere, because it is your wages for your service in the Tent.
32
You will not become guilty when you eat it, as long as you have presented the best of it to the LORD. But be sure not to profane the sacred gifts of the Israelites by eating any of the gifts before the best part is offered; if you do, you will be put to death."
John 15:16
You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.
Acts 13:2
While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to do the work to which I have called them."
Romans 1:1
From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus and an apostle chosen and called by God to preach his Good News.
2 Corinthians 6:17
And so the Lord says, "You must leave them and separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with what is unclean, and I will accept you.
Galatians 1:15
But God in his grace chose me even before I was born, and called me to serve him. And when he decided
bear
Numbers 3:31
They were responsible for the Covenant Box, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the utensils the priests use in the Holy Place, and the curtain at the entrance to the Most Holy Place. They were responsible for all the service connected with these items.
Numbers 4:15
When it is time to break camp, the clan of Kohath shall come to carry the sacred objects only after Aaron and his sons have finished covering them and all their equipment. The Kohath clan must not touch the sacred objects, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohath clan whenever the Tent is moved.
1 Kings 8:3
When all the leaders had gathered, the priests lifted the Covenant Box
1 Kings 8:4
and carried it to the Temple. The Levites and the priests also moved the Tent of the LORD's presence and all its equipment to the Temple.
1 Kings 8:6
Then the priests carried the Covenant Box into the Temple and put it in the Most Holy Place, beneath the winged creatures.
1 Chronicles 15:12-15
12
He said to the Levites, "You are the leaders of the Levite clans. Purify yourselves and your fellow Levites, so that you can bring the Covenant Box of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.
13
Because you were not there to carry it the first time, the LORD our God punished us for not worshiping him as we should have done."
14
Then the priests and the Levites purified themselves in order to move the Covenant Box of the LORD God of Israel.
15
The Levites carried it on poles on their shoulders, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
1 Chronicles 15:26-15
1 Chronicles 23:26
So there is no longer any need for the Levites to carry the Tent of the LORD's presence and all the equipment used in worship."
2 Chronicles 5:4
When all the leaders had gathered, then the Levites lifted the Covenant Box
2 Chronicles 5:5
and carried it to the Temple. The priests and the Levites also moved the Tent of the LORD's presence and all its equipment to the Temple.
to stand
Deuteronomy 18:5
The LORD chose from all your tribes the tribe of Levi to serve him as priests forever.
2 Chronicles 29:11
My sons, do not lose any time. You are the ones that the LORD has chosen to burn incense to him and to lead the people in worshiping him."
Psalm 134:2
Raise your hands in prayer in the Temple, and praise the LORD!
Psalm 135:2
who stand in the LORD's house, in the Temple of our God.
Jeremiah 15:19
To this the LORD replied, "If you return, I will take you back, and you will be my servant again. If instead of talking nonsense you proclaim a worthwhile message, you will be my prophet again. The people will come back to you, and you will not need to go to them.
Ezekiel 44:11
They may serve me in the Temple by taking charge of the gates and by performing the work of the Temple. They may kill the animals which the people offer for burnt offerings and for sacrifices, and they are to be on duty to serve the people.
Ezekiel 44:15
The Sovereign LORD said, "Those priests belonging to the tribe of Levi who are descended from Zadok, however, continued to serve me faithfully in the Temple when the rest of the people of Israel turned away from me. So now they are the ones who are to serve me and come into my presence to offer me the fat and the blood of the sacrifices.
Romans 12:7
if it is to serve, we should serve; if it is to teach, we should teach;
to bless
Deuteronomy 21:5
The levitical priests are to go there also, because they are to decide every legal case involving violence. The LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name.
Leviticus 9:22
When Aaron had finished all the sacrifices, he raised his hands over the people and blessed them, and then stepped down.
Numbers 6:23-26
23
to tell Aaron and his sons to use the following words in blessing the people of Israel:
24
May the LORD bless you and take care of you;
25
May the LORD be kind and gracious to you;
26
May the LORD look on you with favor and give you peace.
2 Chronicles 30:27
The priests and the Levites asked the LORD's blessing on the people. In his home in heaven God heard their prayers and accepted them.