7 Bible Verses about Aaron, As High Priest
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For every high priest who is taken from men is appointed to officiate on behalf of men in matters relating to God, that is, to offer gifts and sin-offerings.
but into the second or inner part nobody but the high priest may go, and he only once a year, and never without blood which he offers for himself and for the sins committed in ignorance by the people.
And He does not enter to offer Himself over and over again, as the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own;
with its golden incense-altar and the chest for the covenant, completely covered with gold, and in it a golden jar which held the manna, Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets on which the covenant was written;
And the Levitical priests, on the one hand, have become numerous, because they have been prevented by death from continuing in office,
Now if perfection had been reached through the Levitical priesthood -- for on it as a basis even the law was enacted for the people-- what further need would there have been of appointing a different priest, with the rank of Melchizedek, instead of designating one with the rank of Aaron?
And no one takes this honor upon himself but is called to it by God, as Aaron was.
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