Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the Lord and he answered them.

The Lord makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: “You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”

Then I will summon as my reliable witnesses Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

The following is a record of what Jeremiah son of Hilkiah prophesied. He was one of the priests who lived at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.

The Lord told Jeremiah, “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take with you some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders of the priests.

Moreover, the Lord says, “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!

Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.

I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”

He said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.

The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal.

Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!

I will deal with the people and priests together: I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.

The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!

No one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of the Lord anymore. So the priests, those who serve the Lord, are in mourning.

Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God’s laws.

“The Lord who rules over all says, ‘Ask the priests about the law.

Then take some silver and gold to make a crown and set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

But he did not purchase the land of the priests because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh and they ate from their allotment that Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.