Priests are worshippers and servants, and this is open to sisters as well as brethren, while public preaching or teaching is forbidden to women, who are not to usurp authority over the man. Since a believer is a priest by new birth, it means that no gift is needed to act as a priest. Prophets in the Old Testament were chosen by God because of special gifts, as today evangelists, pastors and teachers are specially gifted and ordained by the Lord for His service. But this is not so in relation to priesthood. We are holy priests - to worship God by our praise and our sacrificial service.
Worship is the priest's first and foremost occupation.
In the Old Testament the high priest alone was permitted to enter into the Holy of Holiest, and that only once a year. Now we as priests have perfect liberty to come into the very presence of God. By Him, as it says in Heb. This is beautifully illustrated in type in the Old Testament priesthood. Let's look at a little of this as seen in Exodus 29.