Deuteronomy 18:5

Tree of Life Version

For Adonai your God has chosen him from all your tribes to stand and serve in the Name of Adonai—him and his sons forever.

Cross References

Exodus 29:9

You are to gird Aaron and his sons with sashes, tie headwear on them, and they shall hold the priesthood by a perpetual statute. In this way you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Numbers 16:5

Then he said to Korah and all his following saying, “In the morning Adonai will reveal who is His and who is holy. The one whom He will let come near to Him will be the one He chooses to come near to Him.

Numbers 25:13

It will be for him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood—because he was zealous for his God and atoned for Bnei-Yisrael.”

Numbers 3:10

You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to maintain the priesthood; any commoner who approaches must be executed.”

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time Adonai set the tribe of Levi apart to carry the Ark of the Covenant of Adonai, to stand before Adonai to serve Him and to pronounce blessings in His Name—as is the case to this day.

Deuteronomy 17:12

The man who acts presumptuously by not listening to the kohen who stands to serve there before Adonai your God, or to the judge, that man must die. So you are to purge the evil from Israel.