Lexicon :: Strong's G2407 - hierateuō

“Have your brother Aaron, with his sons, come to you from the Israelites to serve me as priest ​— ​Aaron, his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

“You are to instruct all the skilled artisans,[fn] whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make Aaron’s garments for consecrating him to serve me as priest.

“Put these on your brother Aaron and his sons; then anoint, ordain,[fn] and consecrate them, so that they may serve me as priests.

“This is what you are to do for them to consecrate them to serve me as priests. Take a young bull and two unblemished rams,

“I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.

“Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve me as priests.

“the specially woven[fn] garments, both the holy garments for the priest Aaron and the garments for his sons to serve as priests,

“Clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he can serve me as a priest.

“Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve me as priests. Their anointing will serve to inaugurate a permanent priesthood for them throughout their generations.”

This is the portion from the food offerings to the LORD for Aaron and his sons since the day they were presented to serve the LORD as priests.

“The priest who is anointed and ordained[fn] to serve as high priest in place of his father will make atonement. He will put on the linen garments, the holy garments,

These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

“He has brought you near, and all your fellow Levites who are with you, but you are pursuing the priesthood as well.

The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan[fn] to Moserah. Aaron died and was buried there, and Eleazar his son became priest in his place.

And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah,[fn] which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

“Out of all the tribes of Israel, I chose your house[fn] to be my priests, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your forefather’s family all the Israelite food offerings.

Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem;

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

and to the descendants of Aaron, the priests, in the common fields of their cities, in each and every city. There were men who were registered by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite recorded by genealogy.

“They must not approach me to serve me as priests or come near any of my holy things or the most holy things. They will bear their disgrace and the consequences of the detestable acts they committed.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Because you have rejected knowledge,

I will reject you from serving as my priest.

Since you have forgotten the law of your God,

I will also forget your sons.