Knowledge (XXG)

Priestly divisions

Source 📝

1584:, dated 1034 CE, records a customary formula recited weekly in the synagogues, during the Sabbath day: "Today is the holy Sabbath, the holy Sabbath unto the Lord; this day, which is the course? is the course. May the Merciful One return the course to its place soon, in our days. Amen." After which, they would recount the number of years that have passed since the destruction of Jerusalem, and conclude with the words: "May the Merciful One build his house and sanctuary, and let them say 1691:(1973), one of the most important scholars of rabbinic literature in the previous generation. The priestly wards were seen as one of the most distinctive elements in the collective memory of the Jewish people as a nation during the period of Roman and Byzantine rule in the Land of Israel following the destruction of the Second Temple, insofar as they came to symbolize Jewish worship within the Land. 672:(Ta‘anith 4:2 / 20a): "Four wards came up out of exile: Yedaiah, Harim, Pašḥūr and Immer. The prophets among them had made a stipulation with them, namely, that even if Jehoiariv should come up out of exile, the officiating ward that serves in the Temple at that time should not be rejected on his account, but rather, he is to become secondary unto them." 50: 627:) from Ithamar's descendants, were designated by King David to help create the various priestly work groups. Sixteen of Eleazar's descendants were selected to head priestly orders, while only eight of Ithamar's descendants were so chosen; this imbalance was done because of the greater number of leaders among Eleazar's descendants. 722:
and poems from the period record that the descendants of each priestly watch established a separate residential seat in towns and villages of the Galilee, and maintained this residential pattern for at least several centuries in anticipation of the reconstruction of the Temple and reinstitution of
1576:
After the destruction, there was a custom of publicly recalling every Sabbath in the synagogues the courses of the priests, a practice that reinforced the prestige of the priests' lineage. Such mention evoked the hope of return to Jerusalem and reconstruction of the Temple.
690:, or as an idealized portrait of how the Chronicler (writing in c. 350–300 BCE) thought temple administration ought to occur, with the reference to David being a method for the Chronicler to legitimize his views about the priesthood. At the end of the 1667:, showing ten names of the priestly wards and their respective towns and villages. The Yemeni inscription is the longest roster of names of this sort to be discovered. Professor Yosef Tobi, describing this inscription (named DJE 23) writes: 1629:
showing a partial list of the priestly wards. In 1962 three small fragments of one Hebrew stone inscription bearing the partial names of places associated with the priestly courses (the rest of which had been reconstructed) were found in
1621:
Several stone inscriptions have been discovered bearing partial lists of the priestly wards, their order and the name of the locality to which they had moved after the destruction of the Second Temple:
1695:
Though a complete list of sacerdotal names numbers at twenty-four, the surviving inscription is fragmentary and only eleven names remain. The place of residence of each listed individual in
665:
to the people. The change between shifts took place on Shabbat at midday, with the outgoing shift performing the morning sacrifice, and the incoming shift the afternoon sacrifice.
645:
Lots were drawn to designate the order of Temple service for the different priestly orders. Each order was responsible for ministering during a different week and
1687:, a village situated near Tan‘im, east of Ṣanʻā’. This inscription has been published by several European scholars, but the seminal study was carried out by 538: 2306: 504: 2192: 2060: 1990: 469: 105: 2091:, composed in twenty-four stanzas, and the last line of each stanza contains the name of the village where each priestly family lived. 1598:(1886–1940), thinks that Killir's poem proves the prevalence of this custom of commemorating the courses in the synagogues of the 531: 2432: 1594:(7th century) wrote a liturgical poem detailing the 24-priestly wards and their places of residence. Historian and geographer, 65: 2263:
Compare also the reconstruction as was published by Shalom Medina in the journal, "Afikim," 92, Tel-Aviv, 1988/9, pp. 28–30.
2422: 2427: 524: 2299: 2391: 2292: 1859: 634:, the 24-family division was an expansion of a previous division, by Moses, into 8 (or 16) divisions. According to 439: 243: 219: 474: 619:. However, Nadab and Abihu died before Aaron, and only Eleazar and Ithamar had sons. In Chronicles, one priest ( 2006: 1436: 1233: 311: 2366: 1479: 429: 353: 686:. However, many modern scholars treat these priestly courses either as a reflection of practices after the 2371: 2100: 1595: 399: 209: 2356: 2172: 422: 368: 162: 139: 120: 2346: 908: 691: 687: 604: 444: 1680: 703: 650: 578: 301: 229: 1659:
In 1970 a stone inscription was found on a partially buried column in a mosque, in the village of
2341: 2153: 2130: 724: 603:
refers to these priests as "descendants of Aaron." According to the Bible, Aaron had four sons:
600: 585: 479: 335: 723:
the cycle of priestly courses. Specifically, this Kohanic settlement region stretched from the
2401: 2246: 2188: 2056: 1986: 1672: 1631: 1591: 662: 509: 87: 72: 1980: 2396: 2386: 2180: 2071: 1675:
for the Land of Israel, this is also attested to by an inscription bearing the names of the
669: 449: 340: 224: 115: 2148:
Avi-Yonah, Michael (1964). "The Caesarea Inscription of the Twenty-Four Priestly Courses".
1955: 2376: 2036: 2014: 1939: 1897: 1545: 679: 654: 560: 409: 214: 2235:"The Jews of Yemen in light of the excavation of the Jewish synagogue in Qanī' (poster)" 2351: 1688: 1599: 1375: 1238: 638:, the separation of priests into divisions was already commanded in the time of Moses ( 489: 404: 345: 317: 2416: 2331: 2048: 1445: 1167: 1073: 1035: 1007: 871: 772: 499: 414: 363: 284: 2272:
Rainer Degen, "An Inscription of the Twenty-Four Priestly Courses from the Yemen",
1889: 1581: 1266: 676: 358: 306: 255: 92: 49: 17: 2220: 2184: 2025: 1951: 1919: 1908: 1878: 1684: 1660: 1607: 1441: 715: 683: 635: 588: 2250: 639: 2074:, Oxford Ms. Heb. 2738/6, fol. 899 in Vardaman, E. Jerry and Garrett, J.L., 1893: 1606:
have been composed, and to this day some are recited by Jews as part of the
1370: 1341: 1332: 1200: 1106: 1068: 903: 805: 767: 624: 494: 278: 167: 1822: 1642: 1626: 1603: 1403: 1337: 1172: 1101: 736: 728: 658: 321: 198: 172: 157: 97: 2234: 2157: 2134: 1967: 2121:
Avi-Yonah, Michael (1962). "A List of Priestly Courses from Caesarea".
1834: 1747: 1696: 1540: 1512: 1507: 1408: 1271: 1205: 974: 936: 838: 800: 707: 646: 616: 612: 574: 571: 193: 188: 152: 1679:(priestly wards), which was initially discovered in September 1970 by 2361: 2274: 2010: 1735: 1654: 1610: 1002: 969: 941: 866: 719: 631: 110: 2284: 2336: 2326: 2315: 1810: 1786: 1767: 1664: 1474: 1304: 1299: 1139: 1134: 1040: 833: 732: 711: 620: 608: 484: 434: 392: 183: 147: 60: 38: 2150:
Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies
1798: 875: 694:, it is clear that the divisions worked in the order specified. 2288: 2053:
Jews in Byzantium: Dialectics of Minority and Majority Cultures
1683:
and then, independently, by P. Grjaznevitch within a mosque in
1671:
As for the probable strong spiritual attachment held by the
682:, the divisions were originally formed during the reign of 584:
The 24 priestly divisions are first listed in the Biblical
1702:
The names legible on the Yemenite column read as follows:
657:. Their duties involved offering the daily and holiday 2107:(Baraitta of the Twenty-Four Priestly Divisions), in: 577:
were divided for the purposes of their service in the
702:
Following the Temple's destruction at the end of the
710:of the bulk of the remaining Jewish population in 623:) from Eleazar's descendants, and another priest ( 2152:. L.A. Mayer Memorial Volume (1895-1959): 24–28. 2109:Beiträge zur Geographie und Geschichte Galiläas 2105:Barajta der vierundzwanzig Priester Abteilungen 2239:Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 27:Work divisions of Jewish priests in the Temple 2300: 1758:Aviah ‘Iddo, Kefar ‘Uzziel, the (eighth) ward 532: 8: 2179:, De Gruyter, pp. 541–554, 2014-07-14, 269:Leftovers from the suspensive guilt offering 330:Ten gifts given (even) outside of Jerusalem 2307: 2293: 2285: 2223:42, Jerusalem 1973, pp. 304 – 327 (Hebrew) 1625:In 1920, a stone inscription was found in 539: 525: 376:The property of the foreigner with no heir 29: 1637:In 1961 a stone inscription referencing " 359:Coins for redemption of the firstborn son 1704: 1634:, dated to the third-fourth centuries. 746: 653:. All of the orders were present during 1871: 37: 2211: 2209: 7: 2039:; some identifications are uncertain 1816:יָקִים פַּשְׁחוּר צפת משמר שנים עשר 470:The mitzvah of sanctifying the Kohen 373:Field not redeemed in a Jubilee year 341:Heave offering of the Levite's tithe 106:The Torah instruction of the Kohanim 2278:, Jerusalem 1973, pp. 302–303 564: 505:Contact by a kohen with a dead body 272:Oil from the offering for the leper 2007:Qumran calendrical texts#Mishmarot 1979:Steven Schweitzer (1 March 2009). 1792:שְׁכַנְיָה עבורה כבול משמר העשירי 698:Following the Temple's destruction 369:Dedication of property to a priest 25: 1985:. A&C Black. pp. 29–30. 1833:the thirteenth (ward). Yešav’av, 1804:אֶלְיָשִׁיב כהן קנה משמר אחד עשר 249:The ten gifts given in the Temple 718:Revolt, Jewish tradition in the 48: 2177:Volume 3 South Coast: 2161-2648 1729:מַלְכִּיָּה בית לחם משמר החמשי 1580:A manuscript discovered in the 495:Bat-Kohen (daughter of a kohen) 93:Redemption of the firstborn son 66:Presumption of priestly descent 33:Part of a series of articles on 2013::5-11; 23, and the end of the 1719:שְׂעוֹרִים עיתהלו משמר הרביעי 1639:The nineteenth course, Petaḥia 1: 2089:Lamentation for the 9th of Ab 1958:for the purpose of these lots 1761:אֲבִיָּה עדו כפר עוזיאל משמר 1649:Yemenite inscription (DJE 23) 296:Four gifts given in Jerusalem 2055:, Brill: Leiden 2012, p. 42 1982:Reading Utopia in Chronicles 1839:עשר יֶשֶׁבְאָב חוצפית שוחין 1539: 1506: 1473: 1435: 1402: 1369: 1331: 1298: 1265: 1232: 1199: 1166: 1133: 1100: 1067: 1034: 1001: 968: 935: 902: 865: 832: 799: 766: 706:and the displacement to the 570:) are the groups into which 289:Leftovers of the First Sheaf 1828:חוּפָּה בית מעון משמר שלשה 1766:the eighth (ward). Yešūa‘, 697: 350:First shearing of the sheep 2449: 2123:Israel Exploration Journal 1860:Twenty-four priestly gifts 1753:הַקּוֹץ עילבו משמר השביעי 1738:(Jotapata), the sixth ward 1652: 649:and were stationed at the 244:Twenty-four priestly gifts 220:Ishmael ben Elisha HaKohen 2322: 2185:10.1515/9783110337679.541 1942:, positive commandment 36 1772:השמיני יֵשׁוּעַ נשדפארבל 1741:מִיָמִין יודפת משמר הששי 758: 475:Kohanic disqualifications 101:(skin disease and mildew) 661:, and administering the 2037:ברייתא על משמרות הכהנים 1825:, the (thirteenth) ward 1813:(Safed), the twelf ward 354:Foreleg, cheeks and maw 275:Bread from First Fruits 263:Communal peace offering 2433:Jewish sacrificial law 2372:Priestly undergarments 1693: 364:Redemption of a donkey 210:Joshua the High Priest 2217:Mishmarot u-maʻamadot 1669: 759:should start working 121:Beth din shel Kohanim 39:Priesthood in Judaism 2423:Priesthood (Judaism) 2347:Priestly breastplate 2233:Tobi, Yosef (2013). 2026:1 Chronicles 24:7–19 1641:" was found west of 909:Bethlehem of Galilee 735:and the vicinity of 692:Second Temple period 688:Babylonian captivity 463:Miscellaneous topics 2428:Books of Chronicles 2215:Ephraim E. Urbach, 1708:English Translation 1602:. A number of such 756:Mishnaic residence 704:First Jewish Revolt 651:Temple in Jerusalem 579:Temple in Jerusalem 230:Phannias ben Samuel 2382:Priestly divisions 2342:Holy anointing oil 2076:The Teacher's Yoke 1750:, the seventh ward 725:Beit Netofa Valley 714:at the end of the 655:biblical festivals 601:Book of Chronicles 595:Role in the Temple 586:Book of Chronicles 557:sacerdotal courses 553:priestly divisions 480:Holy anointing oil 126:Priestly divisions 2410: 2409: 2402:Priestly covenant 2316:Jewish priesthood 2194:978-3-11-033767-9 2173:"XXXVI. Kissufim" 2061:978-9-004-20355-6 1992:978-0-567-36317-6 1952:1 Chronicles 24:5 1920:1 Chronicles 24:4 1909:1 Chronicles 24:3 1879:1 Chronicles 24:1 1851: 1850: 1844:the fourteenth wa 1632:Caesarea Maritima 1592:Eleazar ben Kalir 1569: 1568: 668:According to the 663:Priestly Blessing 659:Temple sacrifices 630:According to the 549: 548: 510:13 Kohanic cities 388:Priestly garments 283:Leftovers of the 266:Fowl sin offering 88:Priestly Blessing 73:Priestly covenant 16:(Redirected from 2440: 2397:Urim and Thummim 2387:Shemen Afarsimon 2309: 2302: 2295: 2286: 2279: 2270: 2264: 2261: 2255: 2254: 2230: 2224: 2213: 2204: 2203: 2202: 2201: 2169: 2163: 2161: 2145: 2139: 2138: 2118: 2112: 2098: 2092: 2085: 2079: 2072:Bodleian Library 2069: 2063: 2046: 2040: 2034: 2028: 2023: 2017: 2003: 1997: 1996: 1976: 1970: 1965: 1959: 1949: 1943: 1937: 1931: 1928: 1922: 1917: 1911: 1906: 1900: 1887: 1881: 1876: 1711:Original Hebrew 1705: 1699:is also listed. 747: 670:Jerusalem Talmud 640:Deuteronomy 18:8 566: 541: 534: 527: 450:Urim and Thummim 302:Firstborn animal 225:Joshua ben Gamla 116:Incense offering 52: 47: 30: 21: 18:Priestly courses 2448: 2447: 2443: 2442: 2441: 2439: 2438: 2437: 2413: 2412: 2411: 2406: 2377:Priestly turban 2318: 2313: 2283: 2282: 2271: 2267: 2262: 2258: 2232: 2231: 2227: 2214: 2207: 2199: 2197: 2195: 2171: 2170: 2166: 2147: 2146: 2142: 2120: 2119: 2115: 2099: 2095: 2087:Poem entitled, 2086: 2082: 2070: 2066: 2047: 2043: 2035: 2031: 2024: 2020: 2015:Sukkah (Talmud) 2004: 2000: 1993: 1978: 1977: 1973: 1966: 1962: 1950: 1946: 1940:Sefer Hamitzvot 1938: 1934: 1929: 1925: 1918: 1914: 1907: 1903: 1898:1 Chronicles 24 1888: 1884: 1877: 1873: 1868: 1856: 1801:, the elev ward 1657: 1651: 1619: 1574: 1546:Hammat Tiberias 745: 700: 597: 545: 516: 515: 514: 464: 456: 455: 454: 420: 419: 389: 381: 380: 379: 328: 327: 294: 292: 251: 246: 236: 235: 234: 215:Simeon the Just 205:(Second Temple) 204: 203: 178: 177: 142: 132: 131: 130: 82: 71: 70: 45: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 2446: 2444: 2436: 2435: 2430: 2425: 2415: 2414: 2408: 2407: 2405: 2404: 2399: 2394: 2392:Priestly crown 2389: 2384: 2379: 2374: 2369: 2364: 2359: 2354: 2352:Priestly tunic 2349: 2344: 2339: 2334: 2329: 2323: 2320: 2319: 2314: 2312: 2311: 2304: 2297: 2289: 2281: 2280: 2265: 2256: 2225: 2205: 2193: 2164: 2140: 2129:(2): 137–139. 2113: 2111:, Leipzig 1909 2093: 2080: 2078:, Waco TX 1964 2064: 2041: 2029: 2018: 1998: 1991: 1971: 1960: 1944: 1932: 1923: 1912: 1901: 1882: 1870: 1869: 1867: 1864: 1863: 1862: 1855: 1852: 1849: 1848: 1847:משמר ארבע עשר 1845: 1841: 1840: 1837: 1830: 1829: 1826: 1818: 1817: 1814: 1809:Yaqīm Pašḥūr, 1806: 1805: 1802: 1794: 1793: 1790: 1782: 1781: 1778: 1777:the ninth ward 1774: 1773: 1770: 1763: 1762: 1759: 1755: 1754: 1751: 1743: 1742: 1739: 1731: 1730: 1727: 1726:, the fif ward 1721: 1720: 1717: 1713: 1712: 1709: 1673:Jews of Ḥimyar 1653:Main article: 1650: 1647: 1618: 1615: 1600:Land of Israel 1573: 1570: 1567: 1566: 1563: 1560: 1557: 1554: 1551: 1548: 1543: 1538: 1534: 1533: 1530: 1527: 1524: 1521: 1518: 1515: 1510: 1505: 1501: 1500: 1497: 1494: 1491: 1488: 1485: 1482: 1480:Kawkab al-Hawa 1477: 1472: 1468: 1467: 1464: 1461: 1458: 1455: 1452: 1449: 1439: 1434: 1430: 1429: 1426: 1423: 1420: 1417: 1414: 1411: 1406: 1401: 1397: 1396: 1393: 1390: 1387: 1384: 1381: 1378: 1373: 1368: 1364: 1363: 1360: 1357: 1354: 1351: 1348: 1345: 1335: 1330: 1326: 1325: 1322: 1319: 1316: 1313: 1310: 1307: 1302: 1297: 1293: 1292: 1289: 1286: 1283: 1280: 1277: 1274: 1269: 1264: 1260: 1259: 1256: 1253: 1250: 1247: 1244: 1241: 1236: 1231: 1227: 1226: 1223: 1220: 1217: 1214: 1211: 1208: 1203: 1198: 1194: 1193: 1190: 1187: 1184: 1181: 1178: 1175: 1170: 1165: 1161: 1160: 1157: 1154: 1151: 1148: 1145: 1142: 1137: 1132: 1128: 1127: 1124: 1121: 1118: 1115: 1112: 1109: 1104: 1099: 1095: 1094: 1091: 1088: 1085: 1082: 1079: 1076: 1071: 1066: 1062: 1061: 1058: 1055: 1052: 1049: 1046: 1043: 1038: 1033: 1029: 1028: 1025: 1022: 1019: 1016: 1013: 1010: 1005: 1000: 996: 995: 992: 989: 986: 983: 980: 977: 972: 967: 963: 962: 959: 956: 953: 950: 947: 944: 939: 934: 930: 929: 926: 923: 920: 917: 914: 911: 906: 901: 897: 896: 893: 890: 887: 884: 881: 878: 869: 864: 860: 859: 856: 853: 850: 847: 844: 841: 836: 831: 827: 826: 823: 820: 817: 814: 811: 808: 803: 798: 794: 793: 790: 787: 784: 781: 778: 775: 770: 765: 761: 760: 757: 754: 751: 744: 741: 727:, through the 699: 696: 596: 593: 547: 546: 544: 543: 536: 529: 521: 518: 517: 513: 512: 507: 502: 497: 492: 487: 482: 477: 472: 466: 465: 462: 461: 458: 457: 453: 452: 447: 442: 437: 432: 426: 418: 417: 412: 407: 402: 396: 390: 387: 386: 383: 382: 378: 377: 374: 371: 366: 361: 356: 351: 348: 346:Dough offering 343: 338: 336:Heave offering 332: 326: 325: 318:thank offering 314: 312:Burnt offering 309: 304: 298: 291: 290: 287: 281: 276: 273: 270: 267: 264: 261: 260:Guilt offering 258: 252: 247: 242: 241: 238: 237: 233: 232: 227: 222: 217: 212: 206: 202: 201: 196: 191: 186: 180: 179:(First Temple) 176: 175: 170: 165: 160: 155: 150: 144: 143: 138: 137: 134: 133: 129: 128: 123: 118: 113: 108: 103: 95: 90: 84: 83: 80: 79: 76: 75: 69: 68: 63: 57: 54: 53: 42: 41: 35: 34: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2445: 2434: 2431: 2429: 2426: 2424: 2421: 2420: 2418: 2403: 2400: 2398: 2395: 2393: 2390: 2388: 2385: 2383: 2380: 2378: 2375: 2373: 2370: 2368: 2367:Priestly robe 2365: 2363: 2360: 2358: 2355: 2353: 2350: 2348: 2345: 2343: 2340: 2338: 2335: 2333: 2332:Priestly sash 2330: 2328: 2325: 2324: 2321: 2317: 2310: 2305: 2303: 2298: 2296: 2291: 2290: 2287: 2277: 2276: 2269: 2266: 2260: 2257: 2252: 2248: 2244: 2240: 2236: 2229: 2226: 2222: 2218: 2212: 2210: 2206: 2196: 2190: 2186: 2182: 2178: 2174: 2168: 2165: 2159: 2155: 2151: 2144: 2141: 2136: 2132: 2128: 2124: 2117: 2114: 2110: 2106: 2102: 2097: 2094: 2090: 2084: 2081: 2077: 2073: 2068: 2065: 2062: 2058: 2054: 2050: 2049:Robert Bonfil 2045: 2042: 2038: 2033: 2030: 2027: 2022: 2019: 2016: 2012: 2008: 2002: 1999: 1994: 1988: 1984: 1983: 1975: 1972: 1969: 1964: 1961: 1957: 1953: 1948: 1945: 1941: 1936: 1933: 1927: 1924: 1921: 1916: 1913: 1910: 1905: 1902: 1899: 1895: 1891: 1886: 1883: 1880: 1875: 1872: 1865: 1861: 1858: 1857: 1853: 1846: 1843: 1842: 1838: 1836: 1832: 1831: 1827: 1824: 1820: 1819: 1815: 1812: 1808: 1807: 1803: 1800: 1796: 1795: 1791: 1788: 1787:‘Avurah Cabūl 1785:Šekhaniyahu, 1784: 1783: 1779: 1776: 1775: 1771: 1769: 1765: 1764: 1760: 1757: 1756: 1752: 1749: 1745: 1744: 1740: 1737: 1733: 1732: 1728: 1725: 1723: 1722: 1718: 1716:, fourth ward 1715: 1714: 1710: 1707: 1706: 1703: 1700: 1698: 1692: 1690: 1686: 1685:Bayt al-Ḥāḍir 1682: 1678: 1674: 1668: 1666: 1662: 1656: 1648: 1646: 1644: 1640: 1635: 1633: 1628: 1623: 1616: 1614: 1612: 1609: 1605: 1601: 1597: 1593: 1589: 1587: 1583: 1578: 1572:Commemoration 1571: 1564: 1561: 1558: 1555: 1552: 1549: 1547: 1544: 1542: 1537:Twenty-fourth 1536: 1535: 1531: 1528: 1525: 1522: 1519: 1516: 1514: 1511: 1509: 1503: 1502: 1498: 1495: 1492: 1489: 1486: 1483: 1481: 1478: 1476: 1471:Twenty-second 1470: 1469: 1465: 1462: 1459: 1456: 1453: 1450: 1447: 1443: 1440: 1438: 1432: 1431: 1427: 1424: 1421: 1418: 1415: 1412: 1410: 1407: 1405: 1399: 1398: 1394: 1391: 1388: 1385: 1382: 1379: 1377: 1374: 1372: 1366: 1365: 1361: 1358: 1355: 1352: 1349: 1346: 1343: 1339: 1336: 1334: 1328: 1327: 1323: 1320: 1317: 1314: 1311: 1308: 1306: 1303: 1301: 1295: 1294: 1290: 1287: 1284: 1281: 1278: 1275: 1273: 1270: 1268: 1262: 1261: 1257: 1254: 1251: 1248: 1245: 1242: 1240: 1237: 1235: 1229: 1228: 1224: 1221: 1218: 1215: 1212: 1209: 1207: 1204: 1202: 1196: 1195: 1191: 1188: 1185: 1182: 1179: 1176: 1174: 1171: 1169: 1163: 1162: 1158: 1155: 1152: 1149: 1146: 1143: 1141: 1138: 1136: 1130: 1129: 1125: 1122: 1119: 1116: 1113: 1110: 1108: 1105: 1103: 1097: 1096: 1092: 1089: 1086: 1083: 1080: 1077: 1075: 1072: 1070: 1064: 1063: 1059: 1056: 1053: 1050: 1047: 1044: 1042: 1039: 1037: 1031: 1030: 1026: 1023: 1020: 1017: 1014: 1011: 1009: 1006: 1004: 998: 997: 993: 990: 987: 984: 981: 978: 976: 973: 971: 965: 964: 960: 957: 954: 951: 948: 945: 943: 940: 938: 932: 931: 927: 924: 921: 918: 915: 912: 910: 907: 905: 899: 898: 894: 891: 888: 885: 882: 879: 877: 873: 872:Ayta ash Shab 870: 868: 862: 861: 857: 854: 851: 848: 845: 842: 840: 837: 835: 829: 828: 824: 821: 818: 815: 812: 809: 807: 804: 802: 796: 795: 791: 788: 785: 782: 779: 776: 774: 771: 769: 763: 762: 755: 752: 749: 748: 742: 740: 738: 734: 730: 726: 721: 717: 713: 709: 705: 695: 693: 689: 685: 681: 678: 675:According to 673: 671: 666: 664: 660: 656: 652: 648: 643: 641: 637: 633: 628: 626: 622: 618: 614: 610: 606: 602: 594: 592: 590: 587: 582: 580: 576: 573: 569: 562: 558: 554: 542: 537: 535: 530: 528: 523: 522: 520: 519: 511: 508: 506: 503: 501: 500:Sons of Zadok 498: 496: 493: 491: 488: 486: 483: 481: 478: 476: 473: 471: 468: 467: 460: 459: 451: 448: 446: 443: 441: 438: 436: 433: 431: 428: 427: 425: 424: 416: 413: 411: 408: 406: 403: 401: 400:Undergarments 398: 397: 395: 394: 385: 384: 375: 372: 370: 367: 365: 362: 360: 357: 355: 352: 349: 347: 344: 342: 339: 337: 334: 333: 331: 323: 319: 316:Parts of the 315: 313: 310: 308: 305: 303: 300: 299: 297: 288: 286: 285:meal offering 282: 280: 277: 274: 271: 268: 265: 262: 259: 257: 254: 253: 250: 245: 240: 239: 231: 228: 226: 223: 221: 218: 216: 213: 211: 208: 207: 200: 197: 195: 192: 190: 187: 185: 182: 181: 174: 171: 169: 166: 164: 161: 159: 156: 154: 151: 149: 146: 145: 141: 136: 135: 127: 124: 122: 119: 117: 114: 112: 109: 107: 104: 102: 100: 96: 94: 91: 89: 86: 85: 78: 77: 74: 67: 64: 62: 59: 58: 56: 55: 51: 44: 43: 40: 36: 32: 31: 19: 2381: 2273: 2268: 2259: 2242: 2238: 2228: 2216: 2198:, retrieved 2176: 2167: 2149: 2143: 2126: 2122: 2116: 2108: 2104: 2101:Samuel Klein 2096: 2088: 2083: 2075: 2067: 2052: 2044: 2032: 2021: 2001: 1981: 1974: 1963: 1956:commentators 1947: 1935: 1926: 1915: 1904: 1890:Leviticus 10 1885: 1874: 1835:Ḥuṣpiṯ Šuḥīn 1789:, the t ward 1780:משמר התשיעי 1768:Nišdaf-arbel 1701: 1694: 1676: 1670: 1658: 1638: 1636: 1624: 1620: 1596:Samuel Klein 1590: 1585: 1582:Cairo Geniza 1579: 1575: 1504:Twenty-third 1433:Twenty-first 701: 677:1 Chronicles 674: 667: 644: 629: 598: 583: 567: 556: 552: 550: 421: 391: 329: 307:First fruits 295: 256:Sin offering 248: 140:High Priests 125: 98: 2357:High Priest 1799:Cohen Qanah 1689:E.E. Urbach 1617:Archaeology 1565:24/10/2026 1559:22/11/2025 1553:21/12/2024 1532:17/10/2026 1526:15/11/2025 1520:14/12/2024 1499:10/10/2026 1454:30/11/2024 1422:25/10/2025 1416:23/11/2024 1389:18/10/2025 1383:16/11/2024 1356:11/10/2025 1305:Kfar Mimlah 1296:Seventeenth 1279:26/10/2024 1246:19/10/2024 1213:12/10/2024 925:27/12/2025 892:20/12/2025 855:13/12/2025 789:29/11/2025 783:28/12/2024 490:Aaron's rod 445:Breastplate 423:High Priest 393:All Priests 324:'s offering 2417:Categories 2200:2024-02-25 1968:Sukkah 56b 1930:Taanit 27a 1866:References 1661:Bayt Ḥaḍir 1608:Tisha Beav 1523:31/5/2025 1517:29/6/2024 1496:25/4/2026 1493:8/11/2025 1490:24/5/2025 1487:7/12/2024 1484:22/6/2024 1466:3/10/2026 1463:18/4/2026 1460:1/11/2025 1457:17/5/2025 1451:15/6/2024 1446:Kafr 'Inan 1442:Deir Hanna 1428:26/9/2026 1425:11/4/2026 1419:10/5/2025 1395:19/9/2026 1367:Nineteenth 1362:12/9/2026 1359:28/3/2026 1353:26/4/2025 1350:9/11/2024 1347:25/5/2024 1329:Eighteenth 1321:21/3/2026 1318:4/10/2025 1315:19/4/2025 1312:2/11/2024 1309:18/5/2024 1291:29/8/2026 1288:14/3/2026 1285:27/9/2025 1282:12/4/2025 1276:11/5/2024 1258:22/8/2026 1252:20/9/2025 1225:15/8/2026 1222:28/2/2026 1219:13/9/2025 1216:29/3/2025 1210:27/4/2024 1197:Fourteenth 1189:21/2/2026 1183:22/3/2025 1180:5/10/2024 1177:20/4/2024 1164:Thirteenth 1156:14/2/2026 1153:30/8/2025 1150:15/3/2025 1147:28/9/2024 1144:13/4/2024 1126:25/7/2026 1120:23/8/2025 1114:21/9/2024 1093:18/7/2026 1090:31/1/2026 1087:16/8/2025 1081:14/9/2024 1078:30/3/2024 1060:11/7/2026 1057:24/1/2026 1051:22/2/2025 1045:23/3/2024 1024:17/1/2026 1018:15/2/2025 1015:31/8/2024 1012:16/3/2024 1008:Kfar Uziel 994:27/6/2026 991:10/1/2026 988:26/7/2025 982:24/8/2024 961:20/6/2026 955:19/7/2025 949:17/8/2024 928:13/6/2026 922:12/7/2025 919:25/1/2025 916:10/8/2024 913:24/2/2024 886:18/1/2025 880:17/2/2024 858:30/5/2026 852:28/6/2025 849:11/1/2025 846:27/7/2024 843:10/2/2024 825:23/5/2026 822:6/12/2025 819:21/6/2025 813:20/7/2024 792:16/5/2026 786:14/6/2025 780:13/7/2024 777:27/1/2024 731:region to 716:Bar Kochva 684:King David 636:Maimonides 2362:Sacrifice 2251:0308-8421 1894:Numbers 3 1823:Beṯ-Ma‘on 1797:Eliašīv, 1734:Miyamin, 1681:W. Müller 1562:9/5/2026 1556:7/6/2025 1550:6/7/2024 1529:2/5/2026 1413:8/6/2024 1400:Twentieth 1392:4/4/2026 1386:3/5/2025 1380:1/6/2024 1371:Pethahiah 1342:Daburiyya 1333:Happizzez 1324:5/9/2026 1263:Sixteenth 1255:7/3/2026 1249:5/4/2025 1243:4/5/2024 1230:Fifteenth 1201:Jeshebeab 1192:8/8/2026 1186:6/9/2025 1173:Beit Maon 1159:1/8/2026 1123:7/2/2026 1117:8/3/2025 1111:6/4/2024 1107:Kafr Kana 1084:1/3/2025 1069:Shecaniah 1054:9/8/2025 1048:7/9/2024 1027:4/7/2026 1021:2/8/2025 985:8/2/2025 979:9/3/2024 958:3/1/2026 952:1/2/2025 946:2/3/2024 904:Malchijah 895:6/6/2026 889:5/7/2025 883:3/8/2024 816:4/1/2025 810:3/2/2024 768:Jehoiarib 625:Ahimelech 279:Showbread 168:Ahimelech 111:Sacrifice 2162:(Hebrew) 2158:23614642 2135:27924896 1854:See also 1677:miśmarōṯ 1643:Kissufim 1627:Ashkelon 1604:piyyutim 1404:Jehezkel 1338:Nazareth 1102:Eliashib 1098:Eleventh 806:Tzippori 750:Division 737:Tiberias 729:Nazareth 565:מִשְׁמָר 440:Frontlet 322:Nazirite 199:Jehoiada 173:Abiathar 158:Phinehas 99:Tzaraath 2245:: 351. 1748:‘Ailebu 1697:Galilee 1541:Maaziah 1513:Tzalmon 1508:Delaiah 1409:Magdala 1206:Shikhin 1131:Twelfth 975:Eilabun 966:Seventh 937:Mijamin 839:Fassuta 801:Jedaiah 708:Galilee 647:Shabbat 617:Ithamar 613:Eleazar 575:priests 568:mishmar 194:Hilkiah 189:Shallum 153:Eleazar 2275:Tarbiz 2249:  2221:Tarbiẕ 2191:  2156:  2133:  2059:  2011:Luke 1 1989:  1954:; see 1821:ppah, 1736:Yudfaṯ 1724:-Lehem 1655:DJE 23 1611:kinnot 1437:Jachin 1376:Arraba 1272:Yavnit 1239:Maghar 1234:Bilgah 1168:Huppah 1036:Jeshua 1003:Abijah 999:Eighth 970:Hakkoz 942:Yodfat 867:Seorim 863:Fourth 797:Second 720:Talmud 632:Talmud 572:Jewish 561:Hebrew 410:Turban 46:  2337:Ephod 2327:Kohen 2154:JSTOR 2131:JSTOR 1811:Ṣefaṯ 1665:Yemen 1475:Gamul 1300:Hezir 1267:Immer 1140:Safed 1135:Jakim 1074:Kabul 1065:Tenth 1041:Arbel 1032:Ninth 933:Sixth 900:Fifth 834:Harim 830:Third 773:Meron 764:First 733:Arbel 712:Judea 621:Zadok 609:Abihu 605:Nadab 485:Kahen 435:Ephod 405:Tunic 184:Zadok 148:Aaron 81:Roles 61:Kohen 2247:ISSN 2189:ISBN 2057:ISBN 2005:See 1987:ISBN 1586:Amen 1444:(or 1340:(or 876:Ilut 753:Name 743:List 615:and 599:The 551:The 430:Robe 415:Sash 320:and 2181:doi 1746:ṣ, 1588:." 874:or 642:). 555:or 163:Eli 2419:: 2243:43 2241:. 2237:. 2219:, 2208:^ 2187:, 2175:, 2127:12 2125:. 2103:, 2051:, 2009:, 1896:, 1892:, 1663:, 1645:. 1613:. 1448:) 1344:) 739:. 680:24 611:, 607:, 591:. 589:24 581:. 563:: 2308:e 2301:t 2294:v 2253:. 2183:: 2160:. 2137:. 1995:. 559:( 540:e 533:t 526:v 293:. 20:)

Index

Priestly courses
Priesthood in Judaism
Menorah
Kohen
Presumption of priestly descent
Priestly covenant
Priestly Blessing
Redemption of the firstborn son
Tzaraath (skin disease and mildew)
The Torah instruction of the Kohanim
Sacrifice
Incense offering
Beth din shel Kohanim
Priestly divisions
High Priests
Aaron
Eleazar
Phinehas
Eli
Ahimelech
Abiathar
Zadok
Shallum
Hilkiah
Jehoiada
Joshua the High Priest
Simeon the Just
Ishmael ben Elisha HaKohen
Joshua ben Gamla
Phannias ben Samuel

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.