Deuteronomy 10:8
10:8 At that time the
Lord set apart the tribe of Levi
to carry the ark of the
Lord’s covenant, to stand before the
Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings
in his name, as they do to this very day.
Deuteronomy 18:15
18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you – from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.
Deuteronomy 18:1
Provision for Priests and Levites
18:1 The Levitical priests – indeed, the entire tribe of Levi – will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the Lord and of his inheritance.
Deuteronomy 6:20
Exhortation to Remember the Past
6:20 When your children ask you later on, “What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?”
Deuteronomy 6:2
6:2 and that you may so revere the
Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments
that I am giving
you – you, your children, and your grandchildren – all your lives, to prolong your days.
Deuteronomy 29:11
29:11 your infants, your wives, and the
foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water –
Psalms 106:23
106:23 He threatened to destroy them,
but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him
and turned back his destructive anger.
Jeremiah 15:19
15:19 Because of this, the Lord said,
“You must repent of such words and thoughts!
If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me.
If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless,
I will again allow you to be my spokesman.
They must become as you have been.
You must not become like them.
Ezekiel 44:11
44:11 Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.
Ezekiel 44:15
The Levitical Priests
44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.
Luke 21:36
21:36 But stay alert at all times,
praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must
happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”