Hebrews 7:27
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27 He has no need, as did the high priests, to offer sacrifice day after day,[a](A) first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did that once for all when he offered himself.
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- 7:27 Such daily sacrifice is nowhere mentioned in the Mosaic law; only on the Day of Atonement is it prescribed that the high priest must offer sacrifice…for his own sins and then for those of the people (Lv 16:11–19). Once for all: this translates the Greek words ephapax/hapax that occur eleven times in Hebrews.
Deuteronomy 10:8
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8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord,(A) to stand before the Lord to minister to him, and to bless in his name, as they have done to this day.
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Deuteronomy 18:7
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7 and ministers there in the name of the Lord, his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand before the Lord there,
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