Numbers 3:40 And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old ...

Another Old Testament event that prefigures the sacrament ... he shall bring to the Lord a female animal from the flock…The priest shall then make atonement for his sin.” ...

In order to understand holy orders, we must take a journey back into the Old Testament. Most think of the priesthood of the Old Testament strictly in terms of the tribe of Levi. However ...

The word “offer[ing]” appears 32 times in Hebrews — first regarding the Old Testament priests (5:1, 3; 8:3; 9:6-7), then moving on to the climactic scene in heaven of Jesus offering his ...