Bible Verses About Priestly Ordination

And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:

And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the Lord in the priest’s office;

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:

And having an high priest over the house of God;

And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord,

For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.

As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.

And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office,

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.