Like the precious stones on the high priest’s breastplate, we are carried close to God’s heart — even in suffering.

But Tetzaveh is directed towards the garb of Aaron, the first high priest, and of his successors. Has the bible suddenly ...

However, priesthood goes back much farther, way before Exodus 32 and the ordination of the Levites to the service of Yahweh, and Aaron’s ordination as high priest. How much farther back?

Adam is the father of the human race, as well as the high priest of humanity. Thus, there is an intimate link between priesthood and fatherhood. The priesthood leading up to Aaron and the Levites ...

According to biblical accounts, the Jewish priesthood began about 3,000 years ago when Moses anointed his older brother Aaron the first high priest. Ever since, the priestly status has been handed ...

As part of that work, God instructs the Israelites to make special garments for Aaron, the high priest and Moses’ older brother. We read in Exodus 28:4: “These are the vestments they are to ...

structure in the center of Jerusalem which attracted pilgrims from near and far, both Jews and gentile.... In the Temple itself, we have priests, all descending from Aaron, the High Priest ...

Consider, first of all, the passage we’ve just seen from near the beginning of the book of Exodus, when God tells Moses that ...

THE WRITER poses at the Tomb of Aaron the High Priest in Jordan with the Bedouin gatekeepers. (photo credit: Courtesy Harry H. Moskoff) Naysayers move aside. It’s coming. Yes, 2025 is the year ...

"An Evening with Aaron Blake" will take place Monday ... and in 2022 was recognized with a Grammy award for his role as the ...