Philippians 2:6 declares Jesus “existed in the form of God.” Although Jesus never lost being God, His form at a point in time did change. Originally, He was in the form of God. He shared the same external features of the Father – commonly identified in the Old Testament as a shining light. He was clothed in garments of diving majesty and splendor. We see a glimpse of this at the Transfiguration. Hebrews 1:3 tells us that Jesus is “the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature.” This is emphasized because for Jesus (who is entirely glorious) to change in any way demanded a decent in His glory (humility!). Yet the One who existed in the form of God willing traded it for the “form of a slave” (Phil. 2:7). He left His glorious form for the ignoble form of man.
Randy Smith

PRIESTS

PRIESTS

PRIESTS

  1. First notice of persons acting as # Ge 4:3,4
  2. During patriarchal age heads of families acted as # Ge 8:20 12:8 35:7
  3. After the exodus young men (first-born) deputed to act as # Ex 24:5 19:22
  4. The sons of Aaron appointed as, by perpetual statute # Ex 29:9 40:15
  5. All except seed of Aaron excluded from being # Nu 3:10 16:40 18:7
  6. Sanctified by God for the office # Ex 29:44
  7. Publicly consecrated # Ex 28:3 Nu 3:3
  8. CEREMONIES AT CONSECRATION OF 8a) Washing in water

    # Ex 29:4 Le 8:6

8b) Clothing with the holy garments # Ex 29:8,9 40:14 Le 8:13 8c) Anointing with oil # Ex 30:30 40:13 8d) Offering sacrifices # Ex 29:10-19 Le 8:14-23 8e) Purification by blood of the consecration ram # Ex 29:20,21 Le 8:23,24 8f) Placing in their hands the wave-offering # Ex 29:22-24 Le 8:25-27 8g) Partaking of the sacrifices of consecration # Ex 29:31-33 Le 8:31,32 8h) Lasted seven days # Ex 29:35-37 Le 8:33 9) Required to remain in the tabernacle seven days after consecration # Le 8:33-36 10) No blemished or defective persons could be consecrated # Le 21:17-23 11) Required to prove their genealogy before they exercised the office # Ezr 2:62 Ne 7:64 12) GARMENTS OF 12a) The coat or tunic # Ex 28:40 39:27 12b) The girdle # Ex 28:40 12c) The bonnet # Ex 28:40 39:28 12d) The linen breeches # Ex 28:42 39:28 12e) Worn at consecration # Ex 29:9 40:15 12f) Worn always while engaged in the service of the tabernacle # Ex 28:43 39:41 12g) Worn by the high priest on the day of atonement # Le 16:4 12h) Purified by sprinkling of blood # Ex 29:21 12i) Laid up in holy chambers # Eze 44:19 12j) Often provided by the people # Ezr 2:68,69 Ne 7:70,72 13) Required to wash in the brazen laver before they performed their services # Ex 30:18-21 14) SERVICES OF 14a) Keeping the charge of the tabernacle # Nu 18:1,5,7 14b) Covering the sacred things of the sanctuary before removal # Nu 4:5-15 14c) Offering sacrifices # Le 1:1-6:30 2Ch 29:34 35:11 14d) Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary # Ex 27:20,21 Le 24:3,4 14e) Keeping the sacred fire always burning on the altar # Le 6:12,13 14f) Burning incense # Ex 20:7,8 Lu 1:9 14g) Placing and removing show-bread # Le 24:5-9 14h) Offering first fruits # Le 23:10,11 De 26:3,4 14i) Blessing the people # Nu 6:23-27 14j) Purifying the unclean # Le 15:30,31 14k) Deciding in cases of jealousy # Nu 5:14,15 14l) Deciding in cases of leprosy # Le 13:2-59 14:34-45 14m) Judging in cases of controversy # De 17:8-13 21:5 14n) Teaching the law # De 33:8,10 Mal 2:7 14o) Blowing the trumpets on various occasions # Nu 10:1-10 Jos 6:3,4 14p) Carrying the ark # Jos 3:6,17 6:12 14q) Encouraging the people when they went to war # De 20:1-4 14r) Valuing things devoted # Le 27:8 15) Were to live by the altar as they had no inheritance # De 18:1,2 1Co 9:13 16) REVENUES OF 16a) Tenth of the tithes paid to the Levites # Nu 18:26,28 Ne 10:37,38 Heb 7:5 16b) First-fruits # Nu 18:8,12,13 De 18:4 16c) Redemption-money of the first-born # Nu 3:48,51 18:15,16 16d) First-born of animals or their substitutes # Nu 18:17,18 Ex 13:12,13 16e) First of the wool of sheep # De 18:4 16f) Show-bread after its removal # Le 24:9 1Sa 21:4-6 Mt 12:4 16g) Part of all sacrifices # Le 7:6-10,31,34 Nu 6:19,20 18:8-11 De 18:3 16h) All devoted things # Nu 18:14 16i) All restitutions when the owner could not be found # Nu 5:8 16j) A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war # Nu 31:29,41 17) Thirteen of the Levitical cities given to, for residence # 1Ch 6:57-60 Nu 35:1-8 18) Might purchase and hold other lands in possession # 1Ki 2:26 Jer 32:8,9 19) SPECIAL LAWS RESPECTING 19a) Not to marry divorced or improper persons # Le 21:7 19b) Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of kin # Le 21:1-6 19c) Not to drink wine, &c while attending in the tabernacle # Le 10:9 Eze 44:21 19d) Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn # Le 22:8 19e) While unclean could not perform any service # Le 22:1,2 Nu 19:6,7 19f) While unclean could not eat of the holy things # Le 22:3-7 19g) No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion # Le 22:10 19h) All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion # Le 22:11 19i) Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their portion # Le 22:12 19j) Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of their holy things # Le 22:14-16 20) Divided by David into twenty-four courses # 1Ch 24:1-19 2Ch 8:14 35:4,5 21) The four courses which returned from Babylon subdivided into 24 # Ezr 2:36-39 Lu 1:5 22) Each course of, had its president or chief # 1Ch 24:6,31 2Ch 36:14 23) Services of, divided by lot # Lu 1:9 24) Punishment for invading the office of # Nu 16:1-35 18:7 2Ch 26:16-21 25) On special occasions persons not of Aaron’s family acted as # Jud 6:24-27 1Sa 7:9 1Ki 18:33 26) WERE SOMETIMES 26a) Greedy # 1Sa 2:13-17 26b) Drunken # Isa 28:7 26c) Profane and wicked # 1Sa 2:22-24 26d) Unjust # Jer 6:13 26e) Corrupters of the law # Isa 28:7 Mal 2:8 26f) Slow to sanctify, themselves for God’s services # 2Ch 29:34 27) Generally participated in punishment of the people # Jer 14:18 La 2:20 28) Made of the lowest of the people by Jeroboam and others # 1Ki 12:21 2Ki 17:32 29) Services of, ineffectual for removing sin # Heb 7:11 10:11 30) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 30a) Christ # Heb 10:11,12 30b) Saints # Ex 19:6 1Pe 2:9

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