Exodus 29:33

³³ and they have eaten those things by which there is atonement to consecrate their hand, to sanctify them; and a stranger doth not eat -- for they [are] holy;

Arcana Coelestia＃9830

9830. 'To serve Me in the priestly office' means that which is representative of the Lord, as above in 9809, 9810.

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.