This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of the LORD according to the ordinance [given] to them by Aharon their father, as the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, had commanded him.
Luke 1:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Now it happened, while he executed the Kohen's office before God in the order of his division, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now while on duty, serving as priest before God in the order of his division, American Standard Version (1901) Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, Common English Bible One day Zechariah was serving as a priest before God because his priestly division was on duty. Catholic Public Domain Version Then it happened that, when he was exercising the priesthood before God, in the order of his section, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, when he executed the priestly function in the order of his course before God, |
This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of the LORD according to the ordinance [given] to them by Aharon their father, as the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, had commanded him.
But Nadav and Avihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore El`azar and Itamar executed the Kohen's office.
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Yehudah and Yerushalayim: for Yarov`am and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the Kohen's office to the LORD;
Also for the sons of Aharon the Kohanim, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the Kohanim, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.
Chizkiyahu appointed the divisions of the Kohanim and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the Kohanim and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for shalom offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD.
He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the Kohanim to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the Kohanim, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
They set the Kohanim in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Yerushalayim; as it is written in the book of Moshe.
*Bring Aharon your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Yisra'el, that he may minister to me in the Kohen's office, even Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, El`azar and Itamar, Aharon's sons.
You shall put them on Aharon your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the Kohen's office.
*This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the Kohen's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
I will sanctify the tent of meeting and the altar: Aharon also and his sons I will sanctify, to minister to me in the Kohen's office.
You shall dress them with belts, Aharon and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aharon and his sons.
You shall anoint Aharon and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the Kohen's office.
You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Yehudah, a certain Kohen named Zekharyah, of the priestly division of Aviyah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aharon, and her name was Elisheva.
But they had no child, because Elisheva was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.