Old Testament Priests Were Married!

In reading several chapters 
of my Bible again every night, 
I ran into some verses that 
spoke about two priests' 
sons. That intrigued me 
because I've never heard 
any preacher or teacher 
talk about that subject, 
hence, this Bible study. 

The following verses show 
that all of these priests had 
sons and daughters, and 
one passage gives the 
name of the priest's wife. 

I say this out of my love for 
all Catholic people...perhaps 
if the Catholic Church 
allowed their priests and 
nuns to marry as the Bible 
says the priests did in the 
Old Testament, the 
Catholic church wouldn't 
have the problems of 
homosexuals and lesbians, 
and fornicators (unmarried 
people who have a sex 
with other unmarried 
people), and those 
who prey on innocents.

 Now, here are those many 
Scripture verses that show 
that the Old Testament 
priests were married, 
and many had children. 

 1 Samuel 1:3  
And this man went up out 
of his city yearly to worship 
and to sacrifice unto the 
LORD of hosts in Shiloh. 
And the two sons of Eli, 
Hophni and Phinehas, 
the priests of the LORD, 
were there. 

[Bold is for emphasis]

Leviticus 13:2  
When a man shall have in 
the skin of his flesh a rising, 
a scab, or bright spot, and 
it be in the skin of his flesh 
like the plague of leprosy; 
then he shall be brought 
unto Aaron the priest, or 
unto one of his sons 
the priests:

Deuteronomy 21:5  
And the priests the sons 
of Levi shall come near; 
for them the LORD thy 
God hath chosen to 
minister unto him, and 
to bless in the name of 
the LORD; and by their 
word shall every 
controversy and every 
stroke be tried:

Judges 18:30  
And the children of Dan set 
up the graven image: and 
Jonathan, the son of 
Gershom, the son of 
Manasseh, he and his 
sons were priests to 
the tribe of Dan until 
the day of the captivity 
of the land.

1 Chronicles 9:30  
And some of the sons of 
the priests made the 
ointment of the spices.

Ezra 10:18  
And among the sons of 
the priests there were 
found that had taken 
strange wives: namely, 
of the sons of Jeshua 
the son of Jozadak, and 
his brethren; Maaseiah, 
and Eliezer, and Jarib, 
and Gedaliah.

Nehemiah 12:35  
And certain of the priests' 
sons with trumpets; 
namely, Zechariah the 
son of Jonathan, the son 
of Shemaiah, the son of 
Mattaniah, the son of 
Michaiah, the son of 
Zaccur, the son of 
Asaph:

2 Samuel 15:27  
The king said also unto 
Zadok the priest, Art not 
thou a seer? return into the 
city in peace, and your 
two sons with you, 
Ahimaaz thy son, and 
Jonathan the son of 
Abiathar.

1 Kings 1:42  
And while he yet spake, 
behold, Jonathan the 
son of Abiathar the 
priest came: and 
Adonijah said unto him, 
Come in; for thou art a 
valiant man, and 
bringest good tidings.

Numbers 3:32  
And Eleazar the son of 
Aaron the priest shall be 
chief over the chief of the 
Levites, and have the 
oversight of them that 
keep the charge of the 
sanctuary.

Joshua 22:13  
And the children of Israel 
sent unto the children of 
Reuben, and to the 
children of Gad, and to 
the half tribe of 
Manasseh, into the 
land of Gilead, 
Phinehas the son 
of Eleazar the priest,

1 Samuel 14:3  
And Ahiah, the son of 
Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, 
the son of Phinehas, the 
son of Eli, the LORD'S 
priest in Shiloh, wearing 
an ephod. And the people 
knew not that Jonathan 
was gone.

1 Chronicles 27:5  
The third captain of the 
host for the third month 
was Benaiah the son 
of Jehoiada, a chief 
priest: and in his 
course were twenty 
and four thousand.

2 Chronicles 22:11  
But Jehoshabeath, the 
daughter of the king, took 
Joash the son of Ahaziah, 
and stole him from 
among the king's sons 
that were slain, and put 
him and his nurse in a 
bedchamber. So 
Jehoshabeath, the 
daughter of king 
Jehoram, the wife 
of Jehoiada the priest, 
(for she was the sister 
of Ahaziah,) hid him 
from Athaliah, so that 
she slew him not.

2 Chronicles 24:20  
And the Spirit of God came 
upon Zechariah the son 
of Jehoiada the priest, 
which stood above the 
people, and said unto 
them, Thus saith God, 
Why transgress ye the 
commandments of the 
LORD, that ye cannot 
prosper? because ye 
have forsaken the LORD, 
he hath also forsaken 
you.

Ezra 8:33  
Now on the fourth day was 
the silver and the gold and 
the vessels weighed in 
the house of our God by 
the hand of Meremoth 
the son of Uriah the 
priest; and with him was 
Eleazar the son of 
Phinehas; and with them 
was Jozabad the son of 
Jeshua, and Noadiah 
the son of Binnui, 
Levites;

Nehemiah 13:28  
And one of the sons of 
Joiada, the son of 
Eliashib the high priest, 
was son in law to 
Sanballat the Horonite: 
therefore I chased him 
from me.

I hope that this Bible 
study has been helpful
to you. 

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Agree with 
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that you are a 
sinner and need 
a Saviour. 
GOD 
SAYS WE ARE 
ALL SINNERS.
But keep reading 
because there is
Good News for
you: 

Romans 3:23
For all have 
sinned, and 
come short of the
glory of God;

Believe that Jesus
Christ, the Sinless
Son of God, died 
on the cross to 
pay for your sins 
and mine. Three 
days later He 
rose from the 
dead. 

Romans 5:8  
But God 
commendeth 
his love toward 
us, in that, while 
we were yet 
sinners, Christ
died for us.

Repent of 
trusting in 
anything or
anyone other 
than Jesus
Christ (i.e. 
baptism, good 
works, money/
tithes, man-made
church traditions, 
or religious 
ceremonies]
to save you.

Titus 3:5
Not by works of
righteousness 
which we have 
done, but 
according to his 
mercy he saved 
us, by the 
washing of
regeneration, and
renewing of the 
Holy Ghost;

Accept God's 
Free Gift of 
eternal life 
through his 
Sinless Son, 
the Lord Jesus 
Christ. It is a 
free gift to you;
but it cost Jesus
Christ his life! 
You do not have
to work to earn
a Gift - It is free!

Romans 6:23
For the wages of 
sin is death; but
the gift of God 
is eternal life 
through Jesus 
Christ our Lord.

God tells us that
as many as 
received Jesus 
Christ as their
Saviour and
believed on his 
name, he gave
them power to 
become the sons
[and daughters] 
of God the Father 
in heaven! 

John 1:12
But as many as 
received him, to
them gave he 
power to 
become the 
sons of God, 
even to them 
that believe
on his name.

So, if you just 
accepted Jesus
Christ as your 
personal Saviour
and asked God 
the Father in
Heaven to forgive
you of your sins
and told Him that
you believe that 
Jesus Christ, His
Sinless Son, 
paid for your 
sins on the
cross and rose
from the dead,
you are now a son
(or daughter) of
the living God of
heaven! 

And when you die,
you will go 
straight to heaven
to be with Jesus 
Christ forever and
ever!

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