Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5070 Individuals in OT and NT » 5071 Aaron » 5073 Aaron, as model priest Aaron was made high priest and charged with the responsibility of making offerings for the sins of the people and ensuring that the LORD was worshipped in the proper manner. His priesthood was to pass to his descendants, thus ensuring its continuity. Aaron was high priest His call to the priesthood Numbers 3:10 See also Exodus 28:1; 1 Samuel 12:6; Psalm 99:6; Hebrews 5:4 His anointing, ordination and consecration Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:7-9; Leviticus 8:12,14,22,27,30 His priestly garments Exodus 28:2 See also Exodus 28:4,36,42; Leviticus 8:7-9 The significance of the priestly garments Exodus 28:9-12,30,34-35,36-38 Skilled craftsmen were employed in the making of the priestly garments Exodus 31:6,10 Fellow Levites were to help Aaron in ministry Aaron's priestly privileges In sacrificial offerings Exodus 29:27-28,32-33; Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 7:35-36; Numbers 18:8-9,11-13 In tithes In cities allotted to his descendants Aaron's priestly responsibilities Respect for the holiness of the LORD and his sanctuary Leviticus 10:3 See also Leviticus 10:1-2; Leviticus 22:1-2; Numbers 18:7 Keeping ritually clean Tending the lamps in the Tent of Meeting Obeying the LORD's commands about sacrificial ritual and offerings Leviticus 6:8-9,14,24-25; Leviticus 7:1,11,37; Leviticus 9:22; Numbers 18:8 Taking responsibility for the offences against the sanctuary and the priesthood The future of Aaron's priesthood The LORD's requirements are to stand for all time Exodus 30:8; Leviticus 7:36; Leviticus 22:3 The priesthood continues through Aaron's descendants Aaron's priesthood compared with Melchizedek's See also Hebrews 7:11 See also
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