All
of the people of Israel are descended from the twelve sons of Jacob. Jacob's
third son was Levi, and Aaron was a fourth generation descendant of Levi. The
first kohen, the founder of the
priestly clan, was Aaron, brother of Moses, of the tribe of Levi. Aaron and
his four sons were designated as the first priests; Aaron served as the
first High Priest. All of his male descendants were chosen by God to be priests
forever; it is an eternal covenant. The daily Temple ritual was
performed mainly by the priests, who had sole access to the altar and the
sanctuary. Read the complete Real Yeshua Blog at -- http://therealyesua.blogspot.com/2015/03/what-yeshua-would-have-seen-on-normal.html
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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