ASHORTWORK
Biblical Understanding based on the Record of Scripture
The words ordain/ordained/ordination are used four times in the NKJ translation of the New Testament and none of them have anything to do with bestowing rank or offices on the members of the Church. In fact, in the NKJ, the term "ordination" is never used at all. What "ordained" is used for though is to describe the choice God made for the judgement of the world. Different translations often use different words, but the answer lies in the continuity of the record of scripture rather than in this word or that.
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Leviticus 23:33-36 NKJV
Then Yehovah spoke unto Moses, saying,
the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to Yehovah.
On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it.
For seven days you shall offer and offering made by fire to Yehovah. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yehovah. It is a sacred assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it.
(Also see verses 39-44)