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112 articles found for “Aaron's sons”

• Numbers 3

  [Bible]

  Numbers 3 records the genealogy of Aaron's sons and the tribe of Levi. It sets apart the Levites as those given to God in place of Israel's firstborn, assigns each Levite family its camp position and tabernacle duties, and then numbers both the Levites and the firstborn, requiring a redemption price for the difference.

• Mishael (son of Uzziel)

  [People]

  Mishael was a son of Uzziel, a Kohathite of the tribe of Levi, and a cousin of Moses and Aaron. When Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu died, he and his brother Elzaphan carried their bodies out of the camp.

• Eleazar

  [People]

  Eleazar was the third son of Aaron and the biblical figure who succeeded his father as Israel's second high priest. Together with Joshua, he oversaw the distribution of the land of Canaan.

• Leviticus 16

  [Bible]

  Leviticus 16 contains the regulations for the Day of Atonement, when the high priest Aaron enters the Most Holy Place once a year to make atonement for himself, for the people, and for the sanctuary. It describes the rite in which one of two goats is sent into the wilderness for Azazel.

• Leviticus 9:22–23

  [Bible Verses]

  In this scene Aaron, having completed his first sacrifices as high priest, lifts up his hands and blesses the people; he then blesses them again together with Moses, and the glory of the LORD appears. The passage is frequently cited as a biblical background for the benediction pronounced at the close of worship.

• Numbers 18

  [Bible]

  Numbers 18 distinguishes the duties of the priests from those of the Levites. It establishes the portion the priests are to receive, the tithe given to the Levites, and the "tithe of the tithe" that the Levites in turn offer.

• 1 Chronicles 6

  [Bible]

  1 Chronicles 6 presents the genealogy of the tribe of Levi. It contains the line of the Aaronic high priests, the genealogies of Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, whom David appointed to lead the singing, and a list of the cities given to the descendants of Levi.

• Consecration of the Priests

  [Bible]

  The consecration of the priests was the seven-day ceremony in which Moses installed Aaron and his sons as priests of Israel. The command for it is recorded in Exodus 29, and its performance in Leviticus 8.

• Aaron

  [People]

  Aaron, a Levite who appears in the Old Testament books from Exodus through Deuteronomy, was the elder brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel. His descendants inherited Israel's priesthood.

• Priestly Garments

  [Bible]

  The priestly garments were the holy garments made, according to Exodus 28, for Aaron and his sons to wear when they ministered in the tabernacle. The garments of the high priest are distinguished from those of the ordinary priests.

• Korah

  [People]

  Korah was a Levite who, according to Numbers 16, joined Dathan and Abiram in challenging the authority of Moses and Aaron and was judged for it. His descendants, the "sons of Korah," are named in the superscriptions of several psalms.

• Kohath

  [People]

  Kohath was the second son of Levi and the grandfather of Moses and Aaron. During the wilderness period his descendants, the Kohathites, were responsible for carrying the holy furnishings of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, on their shoulders.

• Kohath

  [People]

  Kohath was the second son of Levi, the son of Jacob, and the grandfather of Moses and Aaron. His descendants, the Kohathites, were responsible for carrying the most holy furnishings of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, during the wilderness journey.

• Exodus 29

  [Bible]

  Exodus 29 sets out the seven-day ordination ceremony by which Aaron and his sons are established as priests. It also prescribes the daily burnt offering, known as the continual burnt offering, of a lamb each morning and evening.

• Division of Abijah

  [Bible]

  The division of Abijah was the eighth of the twenty-four priestly divisions established in the time of David for rotating temple service. In the Gospel of Luke, Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, is introduced as a priest belonging to this division.

• Leviticus 6

  [Bible]

  Leviticus 6 contains regulations for the trespass offering that makes restitution for wrongs against a neighbor's property, together with the ordinances the priests were to observe when presenting the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the sin offering.

• Amram

  [People]

  Amram was a son of Kohath of the tribe of Levi, the husband of Jochebed, and the father of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. His name appears in genealogical passages such as Exodus 6 and Numbers 26.

• Nepheg

  [People]

  Nepheg is a Levite mentioned in Exodus 6:21. He was a son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, and a brother of Korah and Zichri. Scripture records only his name.

• Priest

  [Bible]

  In Old Testament Israel, the priest held an office that stood between God and the people, offering sacrifices and teaching the Law. The New Testament carries this office forward in the high priesthood of Christ and the priesthood of all believers.

• Ada Cecelia Pfautz

  [People]

  Ada Cecelia Pfautz (1899–1987) was the wife of A. W. Tozer, an American pastor and author in the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). She married Tozer in 1918 and raised six sons and one daughter. After Tozer's death, she married Leonard Odam.