What Does the Bible Say About Priests?
Here are 4 Bible verses about priests, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #11 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
BSBBut you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- #2Revelation 1:6
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
BSBwho has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- #31 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
BSBFor there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- #41 Peter 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
BSByou also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).
Priests in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- First notice of persons acting as: Ge 4:3,4
- During patriarchal age heads of families acted as: Ge 8:20; 12:8; 35:7
- After the exodus young men (first-born) deputed to act as: Ex 24:5; 19:22
- The sons of Aaron appointed as, by perpetual statute: Ex 29:9; 40:15
- All except seed of Aaron excluded from being: Nu 3:10; 16:40; 18:7
- Sanctified by God for the office: Ex 29:44
- Publicly consecrated: Ex 28:3; Nu 3:3
- CEREMONIES AT CONSECRATION OF
- Washing in water: Ex 29:4; Le 8:6
- Clothing with the holy garments: Ex 29:8,9; 40:14; Le 8:13
- Anointing with oil: Ex 30:30; 40:13
- Offering sacrifices: Ex 29:10-19; Le 8:14-23
- Purification by blood of the consecration ram: Ex 29:20,21; Le 8:23,24
- Placing in their hands the wave-offering: Ex 29:22-24; Le 8:25-27
- Partaking of the sacrifices of consecration: Ex 29:31-33; Le 8:31,32
- Lasted seven days: Ex 29:35-37; Le 8:33
- Required to remain in the tabernacle seven days after
- consecration: Le 8:33-36
- No blemished or defective persons could be consecrated: Le 21:17-23
- Required to prove their genealogy before they exercised the
- office: Ezr 2:62; Ne 7:64
- GARMENTS OF
- The coat or tunic: Ex 28:40; 39:27
- The girdle: Ex 28:40
- The bonnet: Ex 28:40; 39:28
- The linen breeches: Ex 28:42; 39:28
- Worn at consecration: Ex 29:9; 40:15
- Worn always while engaged in the service of the tabernacle: Ex 28:43; 39:41
- Worn by the high priest on the day of atonement: Le 16:4
- Purified by sprinkling of blood: Ex 29:21
- Laid up in holy chambers: Eze 44:19
- Often provided by the people: Ezr 2:68,69; Ne 7:70,72
- Required to wash in the brazen laver before they performed
- their services: Ex 30:18-21
- SERVICES OF
- Keeping the charge of the tabernacle: Nu 18:1,5,7
- Covering the sacred things of the sanctuary before removal: Nu 4:5-15
- Offering sacrifices: Le 1:1-6:30; 2Ch 29:34; 35:11
- Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary: Ex 27:20,21; Le 24:3,4
- Keeping the sacred fire always burning on the altar: Le 6:12,13
- Burning incense: Ex 20:7,8; Lu 1:9
- Placing and removing show-bread: Le 24:5-9
- Offering first fruits: Le 23:10,11; De 26:3,4
- Blessing the people: Nu 6:23-27
- Purifying the unclean: Le 15:30,31
- Deciding in cases of jealousy: Nu 5:14,15
- Deciding in cases of leprosy: Le 13:2-59; 14:34-45
- Judging in cases of controversy: De 17:8-13; 21:5
- Teaching the law: De 33:8,10; Mal 2:7
- Blowing the trumpets on various occasions: Nu 10:1-10; Jos 6:3,4
- Carrying the ark: Jos 3:6,17; 6:12
- Encouraging the people when they went to war: De 20:1-4
- Valuing things devoted: Le 27:8
- Were to live by the altar as they had no inheritance: De 18:1,2; 1Co 9:13
- REVENUES OF
- Tenth of the tithes paid to the Levites: Nu 18:26,28; Ne 10:37,38; Heb 7:5
- First-fruits: Nu 18:8,12,13; De 18:4
- Redemption-money of the first-born: Nu 3:48,51; 18:15,16
- First-born of animals or their substitutes: Nu 18:17,18; Ex 13:12,13
- First of the wool of sheep: De 18:4
- Show-bread after its removal: Le 24:9; 1Sa 21:4-6; Mt 12:4
- Part of all sacrifices: Le 7:6-10,31,34; Nu 6:19,20; 18:8-11; De 18:3
- All devoted things: Nu 18:14
- All restitutions when the owner could not be found: Nu 5:8
- A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war: Nu 31:29,41
- Thirteen of the Levitical cities given to, for residence: 1Ch 6:57-60; Nu 35:1-8
- Might purchase and hold other lands in possession: 1Ki 2:26; Jer 32:8,9
- SPECIAL LAWS RESPECTING
- Not to marry divorced or improper persons: Le 21:7
- Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of
- kin: Le 21:1-6
- Not to drink wine, &c while attending in the tabernacle: Le 10:9; Eze 44:21
- Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn: Le 22:8
- While unclean could not perform any service: Le 22:1,2; Nu 19:6,7
- While unclean could not eat of the holy things: Le 22:3-7
- No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion: Le 22:10
- All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion: Le 22:11
- Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their
- portion: Le 22:12
- Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of
- their holy things: Le 22:14-16
- Divided by David into twenty-four courses: 1Ch 24:1-19; 2Ch 8:14; 35:4,5
- The four courses which returned from Babylon subdivided into
- 24: Ezr 2:36-39; Lu 1:5
- Each course of, had its president or chief: 1Ch 24:6,31; 2Ch 36:14
- Services of, divided by lot: Lu 1:9
- Punishment for invading the office of: Nu 16:1-35; 18:7; 2Ch 26:16-21
- On special occasions persons not of Aaron's family acted as
- Jud 6:24-27: 1Sa 7:9; 1Ki 18:33
- WERE SOMETIMES
- Greedy: 1Sa 2:13-17
- Drunken: Isa 28:7
- Profane and wicked: 1Sa 2:22-24
- Unjust: Jer 6:13
- Corrupters of the law: Isa 28:7; Mal 2:8
- Slow to sanctify, themselves for God's services: 2Ch 29:34
- Generally participated in punishment of the people: Jer 14:18; La 2:20
- Made of the lowest of the people by Jeroboam and others: 1Ki 12:21; 2Ki 17:32
- Services of, ineffectual for removing sin: Heb 7:11; 10:11
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Christ: Heb 10:11,12
- Saints: Ex 19:6; 1Pe 2:9