“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.”
Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests. The formal institution of the Aaronic priesthood begins with a divine summons: bring Aaron and his four sons. They are taken from among the Israelites — not from a special caste but from within the covenant community — and set apart for priestly service. Hebrews 5:4 says no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was — the calling of Aaron to the priesthood is the paradigm for the priestly vocation. Aaron and his sons are not volunteers but appointees; the authority of their office rests entirely on divine appointment, not human qualification.
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