Exodus 40:15

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Exodus 40:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.

14 Bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics.

15 Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

16 Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.

17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

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Exodus 12:14

And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Exodus 30:31

And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.

Exodus 30:33

Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”

Numbers 25:13

It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

Psalms 110:4

The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 5:1

Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

Hebrews 5:2

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.

Hebrews 5:3

That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 5:4

No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.

Hebrews 5:5

So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”

Hebrews 5:6

And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 5:7

During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

Hebrews 5:8

Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.

Hebrews 5:9

And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

Hebrews 5:10

and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 5:11

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

Hebrews 5:12

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

Hebrews 5:13

For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

Hebrews 7:3

Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

Hebrews 7:7

And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.

Hebrews 7:17

For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:18

So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

Hebrews 7:20

And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,

Hebrews 7:21

but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”

Hebrews 7:22

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Hebrews 7:23

Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.

Hebrews 7:24

But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.

Hebrews 8:1

The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

Hebrews 8:2

and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

Hebrews 8:3

And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.

Hebrews 8:4

Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

Hebrews 8:5

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Hebrews 8:6

Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

Hebrews 8:7

For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

Hebrews 8:8

But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Hebrews 8:9

It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.