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The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaronn was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, top burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless inq his name for ever.

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Ex. 28:1• ¹And thou shalt take thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serve me as priest--Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. (Ex. 28:1)

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Heb. 5:4• ⁴And no one takes the honour to himself but as called by God, even as Aaron also. (Heb. 5:4)

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Num. 16:40• ⁴⁰as a memorial to the children of Israel, that no stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron come near to burn incense before Jehovah, that he be not as Korah, and as his band,--as Jehovah had said to him through Moses. (Num. 16:40)

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Num. 6:23‑26• ²³Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel: saying unto them,
²⁴Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee;
²⁵Jehovah make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;
²⁶Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. (Num. 6:23‑26)

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The sons.

1 Chron. 6:3• ³And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. (1 Chron. 6:3)

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Ex. 6:20• ²⁰And Amram took Jochebed his aunt as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years. (Ex. 6:20)

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Num. 3:27• ²⁷And of Kohath, the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. (Num. 3:27)

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Num. 26:59• ⁵⁹And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. (Num. 26:59)

separated.

Ex. 28:1‑14• ¹And thou shalt take thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serve me as priest--Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
²And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for ornament.
³And thou shalt speak with all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to hallow him, that he may serve me as priest.
⁴And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a cloak, and a checkered vest, a turban, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may serve me as priest.
⁵And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus,
⁶and shall make the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, scarlet and twined byssus, of artistic work.
⁷It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined at the two ends thereof, where it is joined together.
⁸And the girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to its work of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet and twined byssus.
⁹And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
¹⁰six of their names on the one stone, and the six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
¹¹According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them.
¹²And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
¹³And thou shalt make enclosures of gold;
¹⁴and two chains of pure gold; of laced work shalt thou make them, of wreathen work, and fasten the wreathen chains to the enclosures. (Ex. 28:1‑14)

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Num. 18:1• ¹And Jehovah said to Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. (Num. 18:1)

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Psa. 99:6• ⁶Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name: they called unto Jehovah, and *he* answered them. (Psa. 99:6)

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Psa. 106:16• ¹⁶And they envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the saint of Jehovah. (Psa. 106:16)

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Acts 13:2• ²And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. (Acts 13:2)

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Rom. 1:1• ¹Paul, bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to God's glad tidings, (Rom. 1:1)

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Gal. 1:15• ¹⁵But when God, who set me apart even from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, (Gal. 1:15)

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Heb. 5:4• ⁴And no one takes the honour to himself but as called by God, even as Aaron also. (Heb. 5:4)

sanctify.

Ex. 29:33‑37,44• ³³They shall eat the things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to hallow them; but a stranger shall not eat of them, for they are holy.
³⁴And if any of the flesh of the consecration, and of the bread, remain until the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, for it is holy.
³⁵And thus shalt thou do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
³⁶And thou shalt offer every day a bullock as a sin-offering for atonement; and the altar shalt thou cleanse from sin, by making atonement for it, and shalt anoint it, to hallow it.
³⁷Seven days shalt thou make atonement for the altar and hallow it; and the altar shall be most holy: whatever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
⁴⁴And I will hallow the tent of meeting, and the altar; and I will hallow Aaron and his sons, that they may serve me as priests. (Ex. 29:33‑37,44)

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Ex. 40:9‑15• ⁹And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shalt hallow it, and all its utensils; and it shall be holy.
¹⁰And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its utensils; and thou shalt hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.
¹¹And thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand, and hallow it.
¹²And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons near, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and bathe them with water.
¹³And thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments, and anoint him, and hallow him, that he may serve me as priest.
¹⁴And thou shalt bring his sons near, and clothe them with vests.
¹⁵And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall be to them an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. (Ex. 40:9‑15)

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Lev. 10:10,17‑18• ¹⁰that ye may put difference between the holy and the unholy, and between unclean and clean,
¹⁷Why have ye not eaten the sin-offering in a holy place? for it is most holy, and he has given it to you that ye might bear the iniquity of the assembly, to make atonement for them before Jehovah.
¹⁸Lo, its blood was not brought in within the sanctuary: ye should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded. (Lev. 10:10,17‑18)

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Lev. 16:11‑19,32‑33• ¹¹And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall slaughter the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself.
¹²And he shall take the censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and both his hands full of fragrant incense beaten small, and bring it inside the veil.
¹³And he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat which is upon the testimony, that he die not.
¹⁴And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle with his finger upon the front of the mercy-seat eastward; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood seven times with his finger.
¹⁵And he shall slaughter the goat of the sin-offering, which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil, and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat;
¹⁶and he shall make atonement for the sanctuary, to cleanse it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and from their transgressions in all their sins; and so shall he do for the tent of meeting which dwelleth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
¹⁷And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goeth in to make atonement in the sanctuary until he come out; and he shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and for the whole congregation of Israel.
¹⁸And he shall go out unto the altar which is before Jehovah, and make atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about;
¹⁹and he shall sprinkle upon it of the blood with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.
³²And the priest who hath been anointed, and who hath been consecrated, to exercise the priesthood in his father's stead, shall make atonement; and he shall put on the linen garments, the holy garments.
³³And he shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary; and for the tent of meeting, and for the altar shall he make atonement; and for the priests, and for the whole people of the congregation shall he make atonement. (Lev. 16:11‑19,32‑33)

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Lev. 17:2‑6• ²Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, saying,
³Every one of the house of Israel that slaughtereth an ox, or sheep, or goat, in the camp, or that slaughtereth it out of the camp,
⁴and doth not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to Jehovah, before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood shall be reckoned unto that man: he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people,
⁵to the end that the children of Israel bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, that they bring them to Jehovah, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah.
⁶And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Jehovah, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet odour to Jehovah. (Lev. 17:2‑6)

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Num. 18:3‑8• ³And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of the whole tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they may not die, and you as well as they.
⁴And they shall unite with thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and no stranger shall come near to you.
⁵And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
⁶And I, behold, I have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel; to you are they given as a gift for Jehovah to perform the service of the tent of meeting.
⁷But thou and thy sons with thee shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerneth the altar, and for that which is inside the veil; and ye shall perform the service: I give you your priesthood as a service of gift, and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.
⁸And Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them, because of the anointing, and to thy sons by an everlasting statute. (Num. 18:3‑8)

to burn incense.

Ex. 30:6‑10,34‑38• ⁶And thou shalt put it in front of the veil which is before the ark of the testimony in front of the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
⁷And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn the incense.
⁸And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings, he shall burn the incense--a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.
⁹Ye shall offer up no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor oblation; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon.
¹⁰And Aaron shall make atonement for its horns once in the year: with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement shall he make atonement for it, once in the year, throughout your generations: it is most holy to Jehovah.
³⁴And Jehovah said to Moses, Take fragrant drugs--stacte, and onycha, and galbanum--fragrant drugs and pure frankincense; in like proportions shall it be.
³⁵And thou shalt make it into incense, a perfume, after the work of the perfumer, salted, pure, holy.
³⁶And thou shalt beat some of it to powder, and put some of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
³⁷And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.
³⁸Whoever maketh like unto it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his peoples. (Ex. 30:6‑10,34‑38)

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Lev. 10:1‑2• ¹And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and presented strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them.
²And there went out fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah. (Lev. 10:1‑2)

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Lev. 16:12‑13• ¹²And he shall take the censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and both his hands full of fragrant incense beaten small, and bring it inside the veil.
¹³And he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat which is upon the testimony, that he die not. (Lev. 16:12‑13)

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Num. 16:16‑18,35‑40,46‑47• ¹⁶And Moses said to Korah, Be thou and all thy band before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow.
¹⁷And take each his censer, and put incense thereon, and present before Jehovah every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and thou, and Aaron, each his censer.
¹⁸And they took each his censer, and put fire on them, and laid incense thereon, and stood before the entrance to the tent of meeting, as well as Moses and Aaron.
³⁵And there came out a fire from Jehovah, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had presented incense.
³⁶And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
³⁷Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning; and scatter the fire afar; for they are hallowed,
³⁸the censers of these sinners who have forfeited their life; and they shall make them into broad plates for the covering of the altar; for they presented them before Jehovah, therefore they are hallowed; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
³⁹And Eleazar the priest took the copper censers, which they that were burnt had presented; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
⁴⁰as a memorial to the children of Israel, that no stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron come near to burn incense before Jehovah, that he be not as Korah, and as his band,--as Jehovah had said to him through Moses.
⁴⁶And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and put fire thereon from off the altar, and lay on incense, and carry it quickly to the assembly, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah: the plague is begun.
⁴⁷And Aaron took as Moses had said, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made atonement for the people. (Num. 16:16‑18,35‑40,46‑47)

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1 Sam. 2:28• ²⁸and choose him out of all the tribes of Israel, to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear the ephod before me? and I gave unto the house of thy father all the offerings by fire of the children of Israel. (1 Sam. 2:28)

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2 Chron. 26:18‑21• ¹⁸and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It is not for thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to Jehovah, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast transgressed; neither shall it be for thine honour from Jehovah Elohim.
¹⁹And Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the incense altar.
²⁰And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; even he himself hasted to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.
²¹And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah. And Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. (2 Chron. 26:18‑21)

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Luke 1:9• ⁹it fell to him by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense. (Luke 1:9)

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Rev. 8:3• ³And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might give efficacy to the prayers of all saints at the golden altar which was before the throne. (Rev. 8:3)

to bless.

Lev. 9:22‑23• ²²And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and came down after the offering of the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offering.
²³And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out and blessed the people; and the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the people. (Lev. 9:22‑23)

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Num. 6:23‑27• ²³Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel: saying unto them,
²⁴Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee;
²⁵Jehovah make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;
²⁶Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
²⁷And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. (Num. 6:23‑27)

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Deut. 21:5• ⁵and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to do service unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall be every controversy and every stroke. (Deut. 21:5)

• {v.13-14} Aaron and Moses belonged to the sons of Kohath, but Aaron and his sons are "forever" separated from this family of Levites in order to exercise the office of the priesthood "forever" (1 Chron. 23:13). As for Moses, once "king in Jeshurun," lawgiver, mediator, and leader of the people: he together with his sons enters into the tribe of Levi (1 Chron. 23:14-26), and does not with his family occupy a place superior to his brethren from the moment the reign of Solomon begins. Thus we see him on the holy mountain disappearing completely together with Elijah to give place to Jesus alone, entering into His kingdom. (“Solomon Established King - the Levites: 1 Chronicles 23” by H.L. Rossier)

• A difference is noted here between the priests and the Levites. The former did service to the Lord Himself (1 Chron. 23:13), the latter, "did the work of the service of the house of God" (1 Chron. 23:24, 28). (“Solomon Established King - the Levites: 1 Chronicles 23” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be hallowed as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offerb before Jehovah, to do service to him, and to bless in his name for ever.

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Lit. "to burn incense"; but it includes also all that was burned as a sweet savour, as the burnt-offering, and the fat. see Lev. 1.9.