1 Samuel 2:28

Good News Translation

From all the tribes of Israel I chose his family to be my priests, to serve at the altar, to burn the incense, and to wear the ephod to consult me. And I gave them the right to keep a share of the sacrifices burned on the altar.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

“You are that man,” Nathan said to David. “And this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I made you king of Israel and rescued you from Saul.

2 Samuel 6:14

David, wearing only a linen cloth around his waist, danced with all his might to honor the Lord.

Exodus 28:1

“Summon your brother Aaron and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Separate them from the people of Israel, so that they may serve me as priests.

Exodus 28:4

Tell them to make a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, an embroidered shirt, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these priestly garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they can serve me as priests.

Exodus 30:7

Every morning when Aaron comes to take care of the lamps, he is to burn sweet-smelling incense on it.

Exodus 30:8

He must do the same when he lights the lamps in the evening. This offering of incense is to continue without interruption for all time to come.

Leviticus 2:10

The rest of the offering belongs to the priests; it is very holy, since it is taken from the food offered to the Lord.

Leviticus 2:3

The rest of the grain offering belongs to the priests; it is very holy, since it is taken from the food offered to the Lord.

Leviticus 6:16

The priests shall eat the rest of it. It shall be made into bread baked without yeast and eaten in a holy place, the courtyard of the Tent of the Lord's presence. The Lord has given it to the priests as their part of the food offerings. It is very holy, like the sin offerings and the repayment offerings.

Leviticus 7:32

The right hind leg of the animal shall be given as a special contribution

Leviticus 7:36

On that day the Lord commanded the people of Israel to give them this part of the offering. It is a regulation that the people of Israel must obey for all time to come.

Numbers 16:5

Then he said to Korah and his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show us who belongs to him; he will let the one who belongs to him, that is, the one he has chosen, approach him at the altar.

Numbers 18:19

“I am giving to you, to your sons, and to your daughters, for all time to come, all the special contributions which the Israelites present to me. This is an unbreakable covenant that I have made with you and your descendants.”

1 Samuel 14:3

(The priest carrying the ephod was Ahijah, the son of Ichabod's brother Ahitub, who was the son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh.) The men did not know that Jonathan had left.

1 Samuel 2:18

In the meantime the boy Samuel continued to serve the Lord, wearing a sacred linen apron.