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  2. Priestly divisions - Wikipedia

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    The priestly divisions or sacerdotal courses (Hebrew: מִשְׁמָר mishmar) are the groups into which Jewish priests were divided for the purposes of their service in the Temple in Jerusalem. The 24 priestly divisions are first listed in the Biblical Book of Chronicles 24 .

  3. Priesthood (ancient Israel) - Wikipedia

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    The earliest priest mentioned in the Bible, Melchizedek, was a priest of the Most High and a contemporary of Abram. [1] The first priest mentioned of another god is Potipherah priest of On, whose daughter Asenath married Joseph in Egypt. The third priest to be mentioned is Jethro, priest of Midian, and Moses' father in law. [2]

  4. Priestly Code - Wikipedia

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    The Priestly Code (in Hebrew Torat Kohanim, תורת כהנים) is the name given, by academia, [1] to the body of laws expressed in the Torah which do not form part of the Holiness Code, the Covenant Code, the Ritual Decalogue, or the Ethical Decalogue.

  5. Priestly covenant - Wikipedia

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    Bekhor Shor explained that it was the desire of God that the priesthood rest with one specific family in order that the father of the household instill in his children the duties of the priesthood, and have his children exposed to those ideas, as a family way of life, from birth and throughout life, in order to be successful at their priestly ...

  6. Priestly source - Wikipedia

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    The Pentateuch or Torah (the Greek and Hebrew terms, respectively, for the Bible's books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) describe the prehistory of the Israelites from the creation of the world, through the earliest biblical patriarchs and their wanderings, to the Exodus from Egypt and the encounter with God in the wilderness.

  7. High Priest of Israel - Wikipedia

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    'great priest'; Aramaic: Kahana Rabba) [1] was the head of the Israelite priesthood. He played a unique role in the worship conducted in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple in Jerusalem, as well as in some non-ritual matters. Like all priests, he was required to be descended from Aaron (the first biblical priest). But unlike other priests ...

  8. Tribe of Levi - Wikipedia

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    The Tribe of Levi served particular religious duties for the Israelites and had political responsibilities as well. In return, the landed tribes were expected to give tithes to the Kohanim, the priests working in the Temple in Jerusalem, particularly the first tithe. The Levites who were not Kohanim played music in the Temple or served as guards.

  9. Kohen - Wikipedia

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    A priest would serve barefoot in the Temple, and would immerse in a mikvah before vesting, and wash his hands and his feet before performing any sacred act. The Talmud teaches that priests were only fit to perform their duties when wearing their priestly vestments, [34] and that the vestments achieve atonement for sin, just as sacrifices do. [35]