Levi Clothed as Priest by Seven Men in White

A¹nd there I saw a thing again even as the former, after we had passed seventy days.

² And I saw seven men in white raiment saying to me, Arise, put on the robe of the priesthood, and the crown of righteousness, and the breastplate of understanding, and the garment of truth, and the diadem of faith, and the tiara of miracle, and the ephod of prophecy. ³ And each one of them bearing each of these things put them on me, and said, From henceforth become a priest of the Lord, thou and thy seed for ever. ⁴ And the first anointed me with holy oil, and gave to me the rod of judgment. ⁵ The second washed me with pure water, and fed me with bread and wine, the most holy things, and clad me with a holy and glorious robe. ⁶ The third clothed me with a linen vestment like to an ephod. ⁷ The fourth put round me a girdle like unto purple. ⁸ The fifth gave to me a branch of rich olive. ⁹ The sixth placed a crown on my head. The seventh placed on my head a diadem of priesthood, and filled my hands with incense, so that I served as a priest to the Lord. ¹⁰ And they said to me, Levi, thy seed shall be divided into three branches, for a sign of the glory of the Lord who is to come; and first shall he be that hath been faithful; no portion shall be greater than his. ¹¹ The second shall be in the priesthood. The third—a new name shall be called over Him, because He shall arise as King from Judah, and shall establish a new priesthood, after the fashion of the Gentiles, to all the Gentiles. ¹² And His appearing shall be unutterable, as of an exalted prophet of the seed of Abraham our father. ¹³ Every desirable thing in Israel shall be for thee and for thy seed, and everything fair to look upon shall ye eat, and the table of the Lord shall thy seed apportion, and some of them shall be high priests, and judges, and scribes; for by their mouth shall the holy place be guarded. ¹⁴ And when I awoke, I understood that this thing was like unto the former. ¹⁵ And I hid this also in my heart, and told it not to any man upon the earth.

A¹nd after two days I and Judah went up to Isaac after our father; and the father of my father blessed me according to all the words of the visions which I had seen: and he would not come with us to Bethel.

² And when we came to Bethel, my father Jacob saw in a vision concerning me, that I should be to them for a priest unto the Lord; and he rose up early in the morning, and paid tithes of all to the Lord through me. ³ And we came to Hebron to dwell there, and Isaac called me continually to put me in remembrance of the law of the Lord, even as the angel of God showed to me. ⁴ And he taught me the law of the priesthood, of sacrifices, whole burnt-offerings, first-fruits, free-will offerings, thank-offerings. ⁵ And each day he was instructing me, and was busied for me before the Lord.