Deuteronomy 10:8

New International Version

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 and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:5

The Levitical priests shall step forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings in the name of the Lord and to decide all cases of dispute and assault.

Deuteronomy 18:5

for the Lord your God has chosen them and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the Lord’s name always.

Numbers 4:15

“After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move, only then are the Kohathites to come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy things or they will die. The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in the tent of meeting.

Numbers 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore this is what the Lord says: “If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

2 Chronicles 30:27

The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.

1 Chronicles 15:26

Because God had helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, seven bulls and seven rams were sacrificed.

Leviticus 9:22

Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offering, he stepped down.

Galatians 1:15

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

Romans 12:7

if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God—

Acts 13:2

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Ezekiel 44:15

“ ‘But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok and who guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to offer sacrifices of fat and blood, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 44:11

They may serve in my sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and serving in it; they may slaughter the burnt offerings and sacrifices for the people and stand before the people and serve them.

Psalm 135:2

you who minister in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

Psalm 134:2

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:11

My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense.”

1 Chronicles 23:26

the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”

1 Kings 8:6

The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

Deuteronomy 17:12

Anyone who shows contempt for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering there to the Lord your God is to be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.

Numbers 3:31

They were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use.

Leviticus 8:9

Then he placed the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the sacred emblem, on the front of it, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Deuteronomy 31:9

So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.

1 Chronicles 15:2

Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him forever.”

Psalm 134:1

Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minister by night in the house of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 21:3

Then the elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked and has never worn a yoke

1 Chronicles 23:13

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.