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Want to know what the Bible says about Priests? Here are 189 Bible verses about Priests from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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1 Peter 2:9 NIV
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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Revelation 1:6 NIV
and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father —to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
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1 Peter 2:5 NIV
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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1 Timothy 2:5 NIV
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
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Revelation 5:10 NIV
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
    and they will reign on the earth.”
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Numbers 18:7 NIV
But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.
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2 Chronicles 13:11 NIV
Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the Lord our God. But you have forsaken him.
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Malachi 2:7 NIV
“For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.
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Exodus 19:6 NIV
you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”
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Revelation 20:6 NIV
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
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