Exodus 28:1
The Clothing of the Priests
28:1 “And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests – Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
Numbers 16:10
16:10 He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek
the priesthood also?
Numbers 16:35
16:35 Then a fire
went out from the
Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
Numbers 16:40
16:40 It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of
Aaron should approach to burn incense before the
Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his company – just as the
Lord had spoken by the authority
of Moses.
Numbers 18:7
18:7 But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service; but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death.”
Hebrews 5:4-5
5:4 And no one assumes this honor
on his own initiative,
but only when called to it by God,
as in fact Aaron was.
5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God,
who said to him, “
You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”
Hebrews 5:10
5:10 and he was designated
by God as high priest
in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:11-14
Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek
7:11 So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?
7:12 For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.
7:13 Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.
7:14 For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.