Exodus 28:1

Have your brother Aaron come to you, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. They of all the Israelites are to serve me as priests.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2You are to have holy clothing made for your brother Aaron to make him look splendid and dignified.

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Cross References

Exodus 6:23Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon. She had their sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Exodus 24:9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders climbed up the mountain,

Exodus 29:1Now this is how you are to proceed to dedicate them to serve me as priests. Take a young bull and two rams with no defects.

Exodus 29:44In this way I will dedicate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will dedicate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.

Exodus 31:10as well as the woven clothes for both Aaron the priest and for his sons to serve as priests,

Leviticus 7:35This is the share of the food offerings given to the Lord that belongs to Aaron and his sons since the day they were appointed to serve the Lord as priests.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 28:1

Orders being given for the fitting up of the place of worship, in this and the following chapter care is taken about the priests that were to minister in this holy place, as the menial servants of the God of Israel. He hired servants, as a token of his purpose to reside among them. In this chapter, I. He pitches upon the persons who should be his servants, ver. 1 . II. He appoints their livery; their work was holy, and so must their garments be, and unanswerable to the glory of the house which was now to be… Read the whole commentary →

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