====== The Priesthood in the Old Testament ======

  * [[Genesis 4|Genesis 4:4]] - Abel makes an animal sacrifice which is accepted
  * [[Genesis 8|Genesis 8:20-21]] - Noah builds an altar and performs sacrifices, which are accepted
  * [[Genesis 9|Genesis 9:25-27]] - Noah curses Canaan, blesses Shem and Japheth
  * [[Genesis 11|Genesis 11:7-8]] - Abraham builds an altar
  * [[Genesis 13|Genesis 13:4]] - Abraham calls upon the Lord at an altar
  * [[Genesis 14|Genesis 14:18]] - Melchezidek administers bread and wine
  * [[Genesis 14|Genesis 14:19-20]] - Melchezidek blesses Abraham
  * [[Genesis 14|Genesis 14:20]] - Abraham pays his tithing to Melchezidek
  * [[Genesis 32|Genesis 32:1-2]] - Jacob creates a memorial marker, gives it a name
  * [[Genesis 33|Genesis 33:20]] - Jacob builds an altar
  * [[Genesis 35|Genesis 35:7]] - Jacob builds an altar and the Lord appears to him
  * [[Genesis 35|Genesis 35:14]] - Jacob builds a memorial, performs a drink offering
  * [[Genesis 48|Genesis 48:8-49:33]] - Jacob blesses his posterity before his death
  * [[Exodus 17|Exodus 17:8-12]] - Moses holds up his hands while a battle is going on to ensure success
  * [[1 Samuel 7|1 Samuel 7:6]] - they "drew water, and poured it out before the Lord," they fasted, and Samuel "judged the children of Israel"
  * [[1 Samuel 7|1 Samuel 7:12]] - Samuel made a memorial: "Samuel took a stone .. and called the name of it Eben-ezer"
  * [[1 Samuel 12|1 Samuel 12:16-18]] - Samuel sends thunder and rain
  * [[1 Samuel 15|1 Samuel 15:32-33]] - Samuel slays Agag, the king of the Amalekites, "before the Lord"
  * [[1 Samuel 17|1 Samuel 17:45-47]] - David slays Goliath "in the name of the Lord"
  * [[2 Samuel 4|2 Samuel 4:9-12]] - David passes judgement and has unrighteous people executed
  * [[2 Samuel 6|2 Samuel 6:17]] - The ark of the covenant is placed inside the tabernacle
  * [[2 Samuel 6|2 Samuel 6:18]] - David blesses the congregation
  * [[2 Samuel 6|2 Samuel 6:20]] - David blesses his household