Priests
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897)
FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.
- First notice of persons acting as
- During patriarchal age heads of families acted as
- After the exodus young men (first-born) deputed to act as
- The sons of Aaron appointed as, by perpetual statute
- All except seed of Aaron excluded from being
- Sanctified by God for the office
- Publicly consecrated
- CEREMONIES AT CONSECRATION OF
. Washing in water
. Clothing with the holy garments
. Anointing with oil
. Offering sacrifices
. Purification by blood of the consecration ram
. Placing in their hands the wave-offering
. Partaking of the sacrifices of consecration
. Lasted seven days
- Required to remain in the tabernacle seven days after
consecration
- No blemished or defective persons could be consecrated
- Required to prove their genealogy before they exercised the
office
- GARMENTS OF
. The coat or tunic
. The girdle
. The bonnet
. The linen breeches
. Worn at consecration
. Worn always while engaged in the service of the tabernacle
. Worn by the high priest on the day of atonement
. Purified by sprinkling of blood
. Laid up in holy chambers
. Often provided by the people
- Required to wash in the brazen laver before they performed
their services
- SERVICES OF
. Keeping the charge of the tabernacle
. Covering the sacred things of the sanctuary before removal
. Offering sacrifices
. Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary
. Keeping the sacred fire always burning on the altar
. Burning incense
. Placing and removing show-bread
. Offering first fruits
. Blessing the people
. Purifying the unclean
. Deciding in cases of jealousy
. Deciding in cases of leprosy
. Judging in cases of controversy
. Teaching the law
. Blowing the trumpets on various occasions
. Carrying the ark
. Encouraging the people when they went to war
. Valuing things devoted
- Were to live by the altar as they had no inheritance
- REVENUES OF
. Tenth of the tithes paid to the Levites
Nu 18:26,28; Ne 10:37,38; Heb 7:5
. First-fruits
. Redemption-money of the first-born
. First-born of animals or their substitutes
. First of the wool of sheep
. Show-bread after its removal
. Part of all sacrifices
Le 7:6-10,31,34; Nu 6:19,20; 18:8-11; De 18:3
. All devoted things
. All restitutions when the owner could not be found
. A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war
- Thirteen of the Levitical cities given to, for residence
- Might purchase and hold other lands in possession
- SPECIAL LAWS RESPECTING
. Not to marry divorced or improper persons
. Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of
kin
. Not to drink wine, &c while attending in the tabernacle
. Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn
. While unclean could not perform any service
. While unclean could not eat of the holy things
. No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion
. All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion
. Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their
portion
. Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of
their holy things
- Divided by David into twenty-four courses
- The four courses which returned from Babylon subdivided into
24
- Each course of, had its president or chief
- Services of, divided by lot
- Punishment for invading the office of
Nu 16:1-35; 18:7; 2Ch 26:16-21
- On special occasions persons not of Aaron's family acted as
Jud 6:24-27; 1Sa 7:9; 1Ki 18:33
- WERE SOMETIMES
. Greedy
. Drunken
. Profane and wicked
. Unjust
. Corrupters of the law
. Slow to sanctify, themselves for God's services
- Generally participated in punishment of the people
- Made of the lowest of the people by Jeroboam and others
- Services of, ineffectual for removing sin
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
. Christ
. Saints