Leviticus 8 in the early church
35 passages quote, allude to, or echo Leviticus 8, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 12 · 13 · 26 · 29 · 33 · 35
Leviticus 8:2
“Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:2 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 8:3
and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:3 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:3 | Catechetical Lecture 18.24 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
Leviticus 8:4
So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:4 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:4 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 8:5
And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:5 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:5 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 8:6
Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:6 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:6 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:6 | Catechetical Lecture 3.6 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Lev 8:6 | Catechetical Lecture 21.5 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Lev 8:6 | Letter 29.4 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Lev 8:6 | Letter 64.19 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Leviticus 8:7
He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:7 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:7 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:7 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:7–9 | Demonstration 14.18 · Aphrahat | allusion, medium confidence | 337-345 |
| Lev 8:7 | Letter 29.4 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Lev 8:7–8 | Letter 64.20 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Lev 8:7–9 | Letter 64.21 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Leviticus 8:8
Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:8 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:8 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 8:9
Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:9 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:9 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Lev 8:9 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 8:12
He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:12 | On Baptism 7 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 198–206 |
| Lev 8:12 | Recognitions 1.46 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
| Lev 8:12 | Demonstration of the Gospel 4.16.58 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Lev 8:12 | Catechetical Lecture 21.5 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Lev 8:12 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 16.23 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 398–400 |
Leviticus 8:13
Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:13 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.6 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 8:26
And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:26 | Homilies on Leviticus 5.5 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 8:29
He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:29 | Homilies on Leviticus 5.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Leviticus 8:33
You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:33 | Oration 41.4 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Leviticus 8:35
You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev 8:35 | Homilies on Leviticus 6.6 · Origen | allusion, low confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |