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• Levites — • The subordinate ministers appointed in the Mosaic Law for the service of the Tabernacle and of the Temple Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Levites     Levites      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• LEVITES IN THE HALAKHAH — The levite has no privileges, neither through personal or family status nor any special sanctity, and it was ruled that the levite is equivalent to the Israelite in all things, including ritual defilement through contact with a corpse, which is… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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• Levites — According to Deuteronomy the Levites were priests who offered sacrifices and passed on the teachings of the law (Deut. 17:18; 33:10). They are scattered round the towns, but in view of the centralization of worship in Jerusalem Levites were… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• LEVITES —    the descendants of JACOB s son, Levi, who became an Order of PRIESTS in ANCIENT JUDAISM …   Concise dictionary of Religion

• FROM THE DESTRUCTION TO ALEXANDER — the restoration ezra nehemiah The Restoration The destruction of the Temple constituted a double crisis. Not only were the people cast off the land but the Divine Presence departed from Jerusalem (Ezek. 10:19; 11:23). Once the city was bereft of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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