Numbers 4:20 and Non-Priestly Viewing of the Holy Vessels in the Second Temple Period

In discussing the dismantling and transport of the tabernacle and its furnishings, Numbers 4:20 prohibits any viewing of the “holy,” except by Aaron, the priest, and his sons. Philo of Alexandria, as well as several modern scholars, read this as a prohibition on any non-priestly viewing of the sacre...

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Main Author: Orian, Matan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2024, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 76-99
Further subjects:B holy vessels
B cultic images
B Josephus
B Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 840
B Philo
B Biblical Interpretation
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