Deuteronomy 10:8

8At that time athe Lord set apart the tribe of Levi bto carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord cto stand before the Lord to minister to him and dto bless in his name, to this day.

Zechariah 3:1-7

A Vision of Joshua the High Priest

1Then he showed me eJoshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and fSatan
Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary
standing at his right hand to accuse him.
2And the Lord said to Satan, h“The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has ichosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this ja brand
That is,  a burning stick
plucked from the fire?”
3Now lJoshua was standing before the angel, mclothed with filthy garments. 4And the angel said to nthose who were standing before him, oRemove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, pI have taken your iniquity away from you, and qI will clothe you with pure vestments.” 5And I said, r“Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord was standing by.

6And the angel of the Lord solemnly assured sJoshua, 7Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and tkeep my charge, then you shall urule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among vthose who are standing here.
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