From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned ¹  Gibeon, Geba,

From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

Hashabiah son of Kemuel led the Levites, Zadok led the descendants of Aaron,

O family ¹  of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer ²  and protector. ³ 

Let the family ¹  of Aaron say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!”

O family ¹  of Israel, praise the Lord! O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!

She makes for herself coverlets; ¹  her clothing is fine linen and purple. ² 

The father of your nation ¹  sinned; your spokesmen ²  rebelled against me.

(Now seven sons of a man named ¹  Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.) ² 

and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons ¹  and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate ²  Aaron and his sons.

You are to sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution, ¹  which were waved and lifted up as a contribution from the ram of consecration, from what belongs to Aaron and to his sons.

Moses said, “You have been consecrated ¹  today for the Lord, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.” ² 

So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, ¹  and has made atonement ²  for the Israelites.’”

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, ¹  when one of these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, ‘What burdensome message ²  do you have from the Lord?’ Tell them, ‘You are the burden, ³  and I will cast you away. ⁴  I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁵ 

ר (Resh) Look, O Lord! Consider! ¹  Whom have you ever afflicted ²  like this? Should women eat their offspring, ³  their healthy infants? ⁴  Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s ⁵  sanctuary?

But now plead for God’s favor ¹  that he might be gracious to us. ²  “With this kind of offering in your hands, how can he be pleased with you?” asks the Lord who rules over all.

You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; ¹  you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” ²  says the Lord who rules over all.

He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the Lord a proper offering.

Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas. ¹  (Now the other disciple ²  was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.) ³