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Exodus 28
[Bible]Exodus 28 records the command to set apart Aaron and his sons as priests and specifies the materials and construction of the holy garments the priests are to wear: the ephod, the breastplate of judgment, the robe, the gold plate, the coat, and the linen breeches.
Exodus 39
[Bible]Exodus 39 recounts the making of the holy garments for Aaron and the priests, including the ephod, the breastplate, the robe, and the gold plate of the mitre, and the bringing of every completed part of the tabernacle to Moses for inspection.
Hosea 4
[Bible]Hosea 4 is the chapter in which the LORD brings charges against the people and priests of the northern kingdom of Israel. It pronounces judgment on the sin and idolatry that arose from their lack of the knowledge of God.
Messiah
[Bible]From the Hebrew for "anointed one." In the Old Testament the term was applied to kings, priests, and others, and it later came to designate the deliverer whom God would send. The New Testament confesses Jesus as the Messiah, that is, the Christ.
Nadab and Abihu
[People]Nadab and Abihu were the eldest and second sons of Aaron. Appointed as priests, they offered incense with "strange fire," which the LORD had not commanded, and were killed by fire that came out from before the LORD.
Exodus 29
[Bible]Exodus 29 sets out the seven-day ordination ceremony by which Aaron and his sons are established as priests, along with the daily burnt offering (the continual burnt offering) of a lamb each morning and evening.
Priest
[Church Offices]A priest is one of the three holy orders in the Anglican Communion, alongside bishop and deacon, and is an ordained minister who presides at the Eucharist and cares for the church. In Korea priests are commonly addressed as "Father" (sinbu). Unlike Roman Catholic priests, who observe celibacy, Anglican priests may marry.
Judas Iscariot
[People]Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. He handed Jesus over to the chief priests for thirty pieces of silver. His actions and death are recorded in the Gospels and the Book of Acts.
Revelation 1:6
[Bible Verses]The doxology at the opening of John's letter to the seven churches, which confesses that Christ has made believers "a kingdom and priests." It is frequently cited as one of the supporting texts for the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers.
Showbread
[Bible]The showbread consisted of twelve loaves set continually before God on the golden table in the Holy Place of the tabernacle and the temple. The loaves were replaced with fresh ones every Sabbath, and the priests ate the bread that had been removed.
Ephod
[Bible]The ephod was a vest-like outer garment worn by the high priest in the Old Testament. There was also a linen ephod worn by priests, and the ephod served as a means of inquiring of God's will.
Anointing
[Bible]Anointing is a biblical rite in which oil is poured on or applied to a person or object to set it apart for God. In the Old Testament it was performed when priests, kings, and prophets were installed, and the titles "Messiah" and "Christ" derive from this term.
Sinai Covenant
[Bible]The Sinai Covenant is the covenant God made at Mount Sinai with the people of Israel after the Exodus, with Moses serving as mediator. Centered on the Ten Commandments and the law, it established Israel as "a kingdom of priests."
Doeg
[People]Doeg was an Edomite who served as King Saul's chief herdsman. He denounced Ahimelech, the priest of Nob who had helped David, to Saul, and at Saul's command he killed eighty-five priests and the people of the city of Nob (1 Samuel 21–22).
Incense Offering
[Bible]The incense offering (Korean bunhyang, 焚香) was an Old Testament institution of worship in which incense was burned so that its fragrance and smoke ascended to God. In the tabernacle and the temple, only priests descended from Aaron could perform it, and Scripture at times compares it to the prayers of the saints.
Ram's Horn Trumpet
[Bible]The ram's horn trumpet, called the shofar in Hebrew, is a trumpet made from the horn of a ram. It is best known from the account of the fall of Jericho in Joshua 6, in which priests blew it before the Ark of the Covenant.
Peace Offering
[Bible]The peace offering is an Old Testament sacrifice prescribed in Leviticus 3 and 7. Its fat was burned on the altar, and its meat was shared between the priests and the worshiper. It was offered as an expression of thanksgiving, in fulfillment of a vow, or as a freewill offering.
Fine Linen
[Bible]Fine linen (Korean semapo, 細麻布) is a cloth finely woven from thin threads spun from flax. In the Bible it appears as the garment of priests, the clothing of honored persons, and the cloth used to wrap the dead for burial. In the Book of Revelation it represents the righteous conduct of the saints.
Ahitub
[People]Ahitub is the name of several members of priestly families in the Old Testament. It most often refers to the grandson of Eli and father of Ahimelech, the priest of Nob, but other priests bore the same name.
Levi (Son of Jacob)
[People]Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses and Aaron, as well as the Levites and priests who served in the tabernacle and the temple, were all his descendants.