Dictionary of Bible Themes The institution of the priesthood or the particular body of people responsible for priestly duties. Exodus 40:15The priesthood as an institution See also It was a perpetual institution Numbers 18:1; 25:13Numbers 3:10 It was distinct from the laity 1 Kings 2:27It was subject to the king's authority Numbers 18:7See also It was a privilege Exodus 29:9Numbers 16:10 Joshua 18:7 Exodus 28:41 The priesthood as the body of people responsible for priestly duties See also The Aaronic priesthood 1 Chronicles 6:49Nehemiah 10:38 Joshua 18:1 See also The Shiloh priesthood 1 Samuel 3:141 Kings 2:27 Psalms 78:60 Jeremiah 7:12 The Shiloh priesthood ended when the Philistines took Shiloh (see 1Sa 4:17) Psalms 110:4See also The Melchizedek priesthood Genesis 14:18Hebrews 5:10; 7:11-17 Jeremiah 1:1 See also The Anathoth priesthood Joshua 21:181 Kings 2:27 Ezekiel 40:46 The Zadokite priesthood Deuteronomy 17:9The priestly line of Zadok lasted until 170 B.C. The Levitical priesthood See also The term "the priests, who are Levites" appears only in Deuteronomy. Some think it reflects a situation in which all Levites were priests. Not all passages support this view, however, and the phrase may simply distinguish the ministry of the Levitical priests from the priesthood of the king. 1680 types5075 Abraham 7322 burnt offering 7354 feasts and festivals 7378 high priest, NT 7390 Levites 7768 priests, OT function 7768 priests, OT function 8622 worship |
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