Deuteronomy 18:5

Modern English Version

For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.

Cross References

Exodus 29:9

You shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the headbands on them, and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. Thus you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Numbers 16:5

and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, “In the morning the Lord will show who is His and who is holy, and He will bring him to come near to Him. Whom He has chosen He will bring near to Him.

Numbers 25:13

And it will be for him and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and made an atonement for the Israelites.’ ”

Numbers 3:10

You will appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will attend to their priesthood, and the foreigner that approaches will be put to death.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister to Him, and to bless in His name, to this day.

Deuteronomy 17:12

The man who acts presumptuously and does not listen to the priest who stands to minister before the Lord your God, or to the judge—that man must die, and you must purge the evil from Israel.