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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The first thought in
priesthood
is that those appointed might
minister
to the
Lord
in the priests’ office, that they might be a company in nearness to and in
communion
with the Lord
.
God
had said of
Israel
that He had brought them to Himself, and
redemption
had been accomplished; but the people, having placed themselves under
law
, could not be in nearness, and needed the priesthood to maintain their relations with God, and to help them by the way. The
high
priest
was appointed that he might offer both
gifts
and sacrifices for sins, and might exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and the erring (
Heb. 5:1-2
1
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
2
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. (Hebrews 5:1‑2)
). The priest was to teach the
children
of Israel all the statutes which the Lord had spoken (
Lev. 10:11
11
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. (Leviticus 10:11)
). He was the messenger of the
Lord of hosts
(
Mal. 2:7
7
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 2:7)
). He offered up the sacrifices, and blessed the people (Lev. 9). He daily offered
incense
and attended to the lamps of the
candlestick
. Minute instructions were given by God respecting everything the priest had to do, nothing being left for his own individual devising. Ample provision was made for the priests in portions of the sacrifices being given to them and by the
first-fruits
. After the
death
of
Nadab
and
Abihu
,
Aaron
was allowed to enter the holiest of all only once a
year
, and then not without
blood
(
Lev. 16:1-2
1
And the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord, and died;
2
And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. (Leviticus 16:1‑2)
). Whenever he officiated in the
sanctuary
in his
garments
of
glory
and beauty,
the people
were also presented, for in his
breastplate
and on the
shoulder
-pieces were the
names
of the children of Israel. Proper priestly work for the people was not to work out redemption for them, but to maintain their relations with God.
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