Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Priesthood’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Priesthood’ occurs 36 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 28:1 “Also, join to yourself your brother Aaron, with his sons from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me: Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.Exodus 28:1
Exodus 28:4 Now these shall be the vestments that they shall make: A breastplate and an ephod, a tunic and a close-fit linen garment, a headdress and a wide belt. They shall make the holy vestments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me.Exodus 28:4
Exodus 28:41 And with all these you shall vest your brother Aaron, and his sons with him. And you shall consecrate all their hands, and you shall sanctify them, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me.Exodus 28:41
Exodus 29:1 “But you shall also do this, so that they may be consecrated to me in the priesthood: Take a calf from the herd, and two immaculate rams,Exodus 29:1
Exodus 29:44 I will also sanctify the tabernacle of the testimony with the altar, and Aaron with his sons, to exercise the priesthood for me.Exodus 29:44
Exodus 30:30 You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall sanctify them, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me.Exodus 30:30
Exodus 35:19 the vestments, which are to be used in the ministry of the Sanctuary, the vestments of Aaron, the high priest, as well as those of his sons, in order to exercise the priesthood to me.”Exodus 35:19
Exodus 40:15 you shall clothe them in the holy vestments, so that they may minister to me, and so that their unction may accomplish an everlasting priesthood.”Exodus 40:15
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Exodus: 8
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 7:35 This is the anointing of Aaron and his sons, by the ceremonies of the Lord, in the day when Moses offered them, so that they may fulfill the priesthood,Leviticus 7:35
Leviticus 16:32 And the priest who has been anointed, and whose hands have been consecrated to exercise the priesthood in the place of his father, shall make atonement. And he shall be clothed with the linen robe and the holy vestments.Leviticus 16:32
Leviticus 21:10 The high priest, that is, the priest who is the greatest among his brothers, upon whose head the oil of anointing has been poured, and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and who has been vested with the holy vestments: he shall not expose his head; he shall not rend his vestments.Leviticus 21:10
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Leviticus: 3
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 3:3 These the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed and whose hands were filled and consecrated in order to exercise the priesthood.Numbers 3:3
Numbers 3:4 For Nadab and Abihu died without children, when they offered, in the sight of the Lord, a strange fire, in the desert of Sinai. And so, Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood in the sight of Aaron, their father.Numbers 3:4
Numbers 3:10 But you shall appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of priesthood. The outsider who approaches to minister shall be put to death.”Numbers 3:10
Numbers 16:10 Was the reason that he caused you and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, to approach him, so that you would even claim for yourselves the priesthood too,Numbers 16:10
Numbers 18:1 And the Lord said to Aaron: “You, and your sons, and the house of your father with you, shall carry the iniquity of the Sanctuary. And you and your sons together shall bear the sins of your priesthood.Numbers 18:1
Numbers 18:7 But as for you and your sons: guard the priesthood. For all that pertains to the service of the altar and of what is beyond the veil shall be exercised by the priests. If any outsider will approach, he shall be killed.”Numbers 18:7
Numbers 18:8 And the Lord said to Aaron: “Behold, I have given you custody of my first-fruits. Everything that is sanctified by the sons of Israel I have delivered to you and your sons, for the office of the priesthood, by everlasting ordinances.Numbers 18:8
Numbers 25:13 And the covenant of the everlasting priesthood shall be as much for him as for his offspring. For he was zealous on behalf of his God, and he has made expiation for the wickedness of the sons of Israel.”Numbers 25:13
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Numbers: 8
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 10:6 Then the sons of Israel moved their camp, from Beeroth among the sons of Jaakan, into Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and where his son Eleazar was installed in the priesthood in his place.Deuteronomy 10:6
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 18:7 But there is no portion among you for the Levites. Instead, the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Reuben, and the one half tribe of Manasseh, have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan in the eastern region, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave to them.”Joshua 18:7
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 2:62 These sought the writing of their genealogy, and they did not find it, and so they were cast out of the priesthood.Ezra 2:62
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Ezra: 1
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 7:64 These sought their writing in the census, and they did not find it, and so they were cast out of the priesthood.Nehemiah 7:64
Nehemiah 13:29 O Lord, my God, remember against those who defile the priesthood and the law of the priests and the Levites!Nehemiah 13:29
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Nehemiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 44:13 And they shall not draw near to me, so as to exercise the priesthood for me, and they shall not approach to any of my holy things, which are near the Holy of Holies. Instead, they will bear their shame and their wicked deeds, which they committed.Ezekiel 44:13
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 4:4 So, truly, let each and every one not judge, and let no man be accused, for your people are just like those who speak against the priesthood.Hosea 4:4
Hosea 4:6 My people have become silent because they had no knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, I will drive you away; you do not perform the duties of the priesthood for me, and you have forgotten the law of your God, and so I will forget your sons.Hosea 4:6
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Hosea: 2
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Luke
Luke 1:8 Then it happened that, when he was exercising the priesthood before God, in the order of his section,Luke 1:8
Luke 1:9 according to the custom of the priesthood, the lot fell so that he would offer incense, entering into the temple of the Lord.Luke 1:9
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Luke: 2
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 4:14 Do not be willing to neglect the grace that is within you, which was given to you through prophecy, with the imposition of the hands of the priesthood.1 Timothy 4:14
Number of the word / term Priesthood in 1 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 7:5 And indeed, those who are from the sons of Levi, having received the priesthood, hold a commandment to take tithes from the people in accord with the law, that is, from their brothers, even though they also went forth from the loins of Abraham.Hebrews 7:5
Hebrews 7:11 Therefore, if consummation had occurred through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), then what further need would there be for another Priest to rise up according to the order of Melchizedek, one who was not called according to the order of Aaron?Hebrews 7:11
Hebrews 7:12 For since the priesthood has been transferred, it is necessary that the law also be transferred.Hebrews 7:12
Hebrews 7:24 But this man, because he continues forever, has an everlasting priesthood.Hebrews 7:24
Number of the word / term Priesthood in Hebrews: 4
Bible passages with ‘Priesthood’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 2:5 be also yourselves like living stones, built upon him, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, so as to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.1 Peter 2:5
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.1 Peter 2:9
Number of the word / term ‘Priesthood’ in 1 Peter: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 36
