The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the Priest of the most high God.
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah Priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah Priest of On bare unto him.
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah Priest of On bare unto him.
Now the Priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the Priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
When Jethro, the Priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the Priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the Priest's office. And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the Priest's office. read more And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial. And thou shalt make ouches of gold; And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the Priest's office. And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. show less
And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the Priest's office.
And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the Priest's office.
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the Priest's office.
And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the Priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the Priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
And that son that is Priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the Priest's office.
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the Priest's office.
And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the Priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the Priest's office,
The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the Priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the Priest's office.
This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the Priest.
The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the Priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the Priest's office.
And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the Priest's office.
And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the Priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
And the sons of Aaron the Priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:
But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the Priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the Priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the Priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
And the Priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the Priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the Priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the Priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
And the Priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
And the Priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
And the Priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.
And the Priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD'S.
If the Priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
And the Priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the Priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
And the Priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the Priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
And the Priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the Priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the Priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
And the Priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the Priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
And the Priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the Priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
And the Priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the Priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the Priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the Priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
And he shall bring them unto the Priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:
And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the Priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
Then shall he bring it to the Priest, and the Priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.
And the Priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the Priest's, as a meat offering.
And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the Priest: and the Priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the Priest: and the Priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the Priest:
And the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
And the Priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the Priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
And the Priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
The Priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And the Priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the Priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
And the Priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the Priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.
And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the Priest's that offereth it.
And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the Priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.
And the Priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the Priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the Priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the Priest's office;
And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the Priest:
And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the Priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the Priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:
And the Priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the Priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the Priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
And the Priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the Priest shall shut him up seven days more:
And the Priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the Priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the Priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the Priest again:
And if the Priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the Priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
And the Priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the Priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the Priest looketh;
Then the Priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
And the Priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the Priest;
And the Priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the Priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the Priest;
And if, when the Priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the Priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
But if the Priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the Priest shall shut him up seven days:
And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the Priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the Priest shall pronounce him clean.
Then the Priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the Priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
But if the Priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the Priest shall shut him up seven days:
And the Priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the Priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the Priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
Then the Priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the Priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
And if the Priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the Priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
And in the seventh day the Priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the Priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
And in the seventh day the Priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the Priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
Then the Priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the Priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the Priest shall pronounce him clean.
Then the Priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
Then the Priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the Priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the Priest:
And the Priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
And if the Priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
Then the Priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
And the Priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.
And if the Priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the Priest:
And the Priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the Priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
Then shall the Priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
And the Priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
And the Priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the Priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the Priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
And the Priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the Priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
And the Priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
And the Priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the Priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
And the remnant of the oil that is in the Priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD.
And the Priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:
And the Priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the Priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.
And the Priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the Priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the Priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
And the Priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
And the Priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
And the rest of the oil that is in the Priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.
Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the Priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.
And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the Priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:
Then the Priest shall command that they empty the house, before the Priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the Priest shall go in to see the house:
Then the Priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
And the Priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
Then the Priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
Then the Priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
And if the Priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the Priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the Priest:
And the Priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue.
And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the Priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And the Priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the Priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.
For on that day shall the Priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
And the Priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the Priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the Priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
And the Priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
And the Priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
And the daughter of any Priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
And he that is the high Priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the Priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the Priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
But if the Priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
If the Priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
But if the Priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the Priest with the holy thing.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the Priest:
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the Priest shall wave it.
And the Priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the Priest.
But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the Priest, and the Priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the Priest value him.
And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the Priest:
And the Priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the Priest, so shall it be.
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the Priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the Priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the Priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the Priest's.
Then the Priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the Priest's office.
And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the Priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the Priest, that they may minister unto him.
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their Priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the Priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the Priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the Priest.
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the Priest.
But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the Priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the Priest, shall be his.
And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the Priest, it shall be his.
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the Priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
And the Priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the Priest shall take, and put it into the water:
And the Priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the Priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
And the Priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
Then the Priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the Priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
And the Priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
Then the Priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
And the Priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the Priest shall execute upon her all this law.
And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the Priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the Priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
And the Priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the Priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
And the Priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
And the Priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the Priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the Priest.
And the Priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
And the Priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the Priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
And Eleazar the Priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your Priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your Priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the Priest.
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the Priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
And Eleazar the Priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
And the Priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Then the Priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the Priest shall be unclean until the even.
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the Priest, saying,
And Moses and Eleazar the Priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the Priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the Priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the Priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
And he shall stand before Eleazar the Priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the congregation:
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the Priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the Priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
And Moses, and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
And Eleazar the Priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the Priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the Priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the Priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
And Moses and Eleazar the Priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the Priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the Priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
And Aaron the Priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the Priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high Priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high Priest: but after the death of the high Priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the Priest.
And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the Priest's office in his stead.
And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the Priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.
And this shall be the Priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the Priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the Priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
And thou shalt go unto the Priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.
And the Priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the Priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
And they came near before Eleazar the Priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the Priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high Priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the Priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the Priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the Priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the Priest,
And when Phinehas the Priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the Priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the Priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his Priest.
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a Priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his Priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my Priest.
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his Priest.
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the Priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the Priest unto them, What do ye?
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a Priest: is it better for thee to be a Priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a Priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
And the Priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the Priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
And they took the things which Micah had made, and the Priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the Priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the Priest.
And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the Priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the Priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
Also before they burnt the fat, the Priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the Priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my Priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
And I will raise me up a faithful Priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S Priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the Priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the Priest, Withdraw thine hand.
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the Priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the Priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
And David said unto Ahimelech the Priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
And the Priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
And David answered the Priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
So the Priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
And the Priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the Priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the Priest, Bring hither the ephod.
And David said to Abiathar the Priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
The king said also unto Zadok the Priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the Priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
But Zadok the Priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the Priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the Priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the Priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
And king David said, Call me Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
And let Zadok the Priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
So Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
And Zadok the Priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the Priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
And the king hath sent with him Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
And Zadok the Priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the Priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
And unto Abiathar the Priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being Priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the Priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the Priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the Priest.
And to the captains over hundreds did the Priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
But Jehoiada the Priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the Priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the Priest of Baal before the altars. And the Priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the Priest instructed him.
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the Priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
But Jehoiada the Priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high Priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the Priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
And Urijah the Priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the Priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the Priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
Go up to Hilkiah the high Priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
And Hilkiah the high Priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the Priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
So Hilkiah the Priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high Priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the Priest found in the house of the LORD.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief Priest, and Zephaniah the second Priest, and the three keepers of the door:
And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the Priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
And Zadok the Priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the Priest's office.
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the Priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief Priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be Priest.
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the Priest's office unto the LORD:
Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a Priest of them that are no gods.
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching Priest, and without law.
And, behold, Amariah the chief Priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the Priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the Priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the Priest dismissed not the courses.
Moreover Jehoiada the Priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
Then Jehoiada the Priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the Priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the Priest of Baal before the altars.
And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the Priest.
Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high Priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the Priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the Priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
And Azariah the Priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
And Azariah the chief Priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
And Azariah the chief Priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
And when they came to Hilkiah the high Priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the Priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the Priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a Priest with Urim and with Thummim.
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief Priest:
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the Priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the Priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the Priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the Priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
And Ezra the Priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the Priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Then Eliashib the high Priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high Priest.
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a Priest with Urim and Thummim.
And Ezra the Priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the Priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
And the Priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the Priest, the scribe.
And before this, Eliashib the Priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the Priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high Priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the Priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the Priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the Priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the Priest every one dealeth falsely.
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the Priest every one dealeth falsely.
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the Priest go about into a land that they know not.
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the Priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Now Pashur the son of Immer the Priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the Priest, saying,
For both prophet and Priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
And when this people, or the prophet, or a Priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
And as for the prophet, and the Priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the Priest, and to all the priests, saying,
The LORD hath made thee Priest in the stead of Jehoiada the Priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the Priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief Priest, and Zephaniah the second Priest, and the three keepers of the door:
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the Priest.
Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the Priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the Priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the Priest, and counsel from the ancients.
And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a Priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a Priest before.
And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the Priest's: ye shall also give unto the Priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
And the Priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the Priest.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no Priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
And there shall be, like people, like Priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
Then Amaziah the Priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high Priest, saying,
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high Priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high Priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high Priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high Priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
And he shewed me Joshua the high Priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
Hear now, O Joshua the high Priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high Priest;
Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a Priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
For the Priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the Priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high Priest, who was called Caiaphas,
And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high Priest's, and smote off his ear.
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high Priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
But Peter followed him afar off unto the high Priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
And the high Priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
But Jesus held his peace. And the high Priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Then the high Priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the Priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high Priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high Priest, and cut off his ear.
And they led Jesus away to the high Priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high Priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
And the high Priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high Priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high Priest: And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. read more And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. show less
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain Priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
And it came to pass, that while he executed the Priest's office before God in the order of his course,
According to the custom of the Priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the Priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
And by chance there came down a certain Priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high Priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high Priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
And this spake he not of himself: but being high Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high Priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high Priest that same year.
And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high Priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high Priest.
But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high Priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high Priest so?
One of the servants of the high Priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
And Annas the high Priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high Priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
Then the high Priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. read more And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high Priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within. Now when the high Priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high Priest asked them, Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. show less
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high Priest asked them,
Then said the high Priest, Are these things so? And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. read more And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons. And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. But Solomon built him an house. Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Hath not my hand made all these things? Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. show less
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high Priest,
Then the Priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
As also the high Priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high Priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
Then the high Priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Seeing then that we have a great high Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
For we have not an high Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
For every high Priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high Priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, Priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a Priest continually.
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another Priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another Priest,
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
For such an high Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
For every high Priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
For if he were on earth, he should not be a Priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
But into the second went the high Priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
But Christ being come an high Priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high Priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
And every Priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high Priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
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