First notice of persons acting as Ge 4:3,4
During patriarchal age heads of families acted as Ge 8:20; 12:8; 35:7
After the exodus young men (first-born) deputed to act as Ex 24:5; 19:22
The sons of Aaron appointed as, by perpetual statute Ex 29:9; 40:15
All except seed of Aaron excluded from being Nu 3:10; 16:40; 18:7
Sanctified by God for the office Ex 29:44
Publicly consecrated Ex 28:3; Nu 3:3
CEREMONIES AT CONSECRATION OF
Washing in water Ex 29:4; Le 8:6
Clothing with the holy garments Ex 29:8,9; 40:14; Le 8:13
Anointing with oil Ex 30:30; 40:13
Offering sacrifices Ex 29:10-19; Le 8:14-23
Purification by blood of the consecration ram Ex 29:20,21; Le 8:23,24
Placing in their hands the wave-offering Ex 29:22-24; Le 8:25-27
Partaking of the sacrifices of consecration Ex 29:31-33; Le 8:31,32
Lasted seven days Ex 29:35-37; Le 8:33
Required to remain in the tabernacle seven days after consecration Le 8:33-36
No blemished or defective persons could be consecrated Le 21:17-23
Required to prove their genealogy before they exercised the office Ezr 2:62; Ne 7:64
GARMENTS OF
The coat or tunic Ex 28:40; 39:27
The girdle Ex 28:40
The linen breeches Ex 28:42; 39:28
Worn at consecration Ex 29:9; 40:15
Worn always while engaged in the service of the tabernacle Ex 28:43; 39:41
Worn by the high priest on the day of atonement Le 16:4
Purified by sprinkling of blood Ex 29:21
Laid up in holy chambers Eze 44:19
Often provided by the people Ezr 2:68,69; Ne 7:70,72
Required to wash in the brazen laver before they performed their services Ex 30:18-21
SERVICES OF
Keeping the charge of the tabernacle Nu 18:1,5,7
Covering the sacred things of the sanctuary before removal Nu 4:5-15
Offering sacrifices Le 1:1-6:30; 2Ch 29:34; 35:11
Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary Ex 27:20,21; Le 24:3,4
Keeping the sacred fire always burning on the altar Le 6:12,13
Burning incense Ex 20:7,8; Lu 1:9
Placing and removing show-bread Le 24:5-9
Offering first fruits Le 23:10,11; De 26:3,4
Blessing the people Nu 6:23-27
Purifying the unclean Le 15:30,31
Deciding in cases of jealousy Nu 5:14,15
Deciding in cases of leprosy Le 13:2-59; 14:34-45
Judging in cases of controversy De 17:8-13; 21:5
Teaching the law De 33:8,10; Mal 2:7
Blowing the trumpets on various occasions Nu 10:1-10; Jos 6:3,4
Carrying the ark Jos 3:6,17; 6:12
Encouraging the people when they went to war De 20:1-4
Valuing things devoted Le 27:8
Were to live by the altar as they had no inheritance De 18:1,2; 1Co 9:13
REVENUES OF
Tenth of the tithes paid to the Levites Nu 18:26,28; Ne 10:37,38; Heb 7:5
First-fruits Nu 18:8,12,13; De 18:4
Redemption-money of the first-born Nu 3:48,51; 18:15,16
First-born of animals or their substitutes Nu 18:17,18; Ex 13:12,13
First of the wool of sheep De 18:4
Show-bread after its removal Le 24:9; 1Sa 21:4-6; Mt 12:4
Part of all sacrifices Le 7:6-10,31,34; Nu 6:19,20; 18:8-11; De 18:3
All devoted things Nu 18:14
All restitutions when the owner could not be found Nu 5:8
A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war Nu 31:29,41
Thirteen of the Levitical cities given to, for residence 1Ch 6:57-60; Nu 35:1-8
Might purchase and hold other lands in possession 1Ki 2:26; Jer 32:8,9
SPECIAL LAWS RESPECTING
Not to marry divorced or improper persons Le 21:7
Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of kin Le 21:1-6
Not to drink wine, &c while attending in the tabernacle Le 10:9; Eze 44:21
Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn Le 22:8
While unclean could not perform any service Le 22:1,2; Nu 19:6,7
While unclean could not eat of the holy things Le 22:3-7
No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion Le 22:10
All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion Le 22:11
Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their portion Le 22:12
Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of their holy things Le 22:14-16
Divided by David into twenty-four courses 1Ch 24:1-19; 2Ch 8:14; 35:4,5
The four courses which returned from Babylon subdivided into 24 Ezr 2:36-39; Lu 1:5
Each course of, had its president or chief 1Ch 24:6,31; 2Ch 36:14
Services of, divided by lot Lu 1:9
Punishment for invading the office of Nu 16:1-35; 18:7; 2Ch 26:16-21
On special occasions persons not of Aaron's family acted as Jud 6:24-27; 1Sa 7:9; 1Ki 18:33
WERE SOMETIMES
Greedy 1Sa 2:13-17
Drunken Isa 28:7
Profane and wicked 1Sa 2:22-24
Unjust Jer 6:13
Corrupters of the law Isa 28:7; Mal 2:8
Slow to sanctify, themselves for God's services 2Ch 29:34
Generally participated in punishment of the people Jer 14:18; La 2:20
Made of the lowest of the people by Jeroboam and others 1Ki 12:21; 2Ki 17:32
Services of, ineffectual for removing sin Heb 7:11; 10:11
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Christ Heb 10:11,12