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  2. List of high priests of Israel - Wikipedia

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    Because of a lack of historical data, this list is incomplete and there may be gaps. A traditional list of the Jewish High Priests. The High Priests, like all Jewish priests, belonged to the Aaronic line. The Bible mentions the majority of high priests before the Babylonian captivity, but does not give a complete list of office holders. Lists ...

  3. List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources

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    High Priest of First Temple Jerusalem c. 7th century BCE: Hilkiah in extra-biblical sources is attested by the clay bulla naming a Hilkiah as the father of an Azariah, [36] and by the seal reading Hanan son of Hilkiah the priest. [37] 2 Kgs. 22:8, 2 Kgs. 23:24: Hoshea: King of Israel c. 732 – c. 723

  4. Priestly divisions - Wikipedia

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    Following the Temple's destruction at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War and the displacement to the Galilee of the bulk of the remaining Jewish population in Judea at the end of the Bar Kochba revolt, Jewish tradition in the Talmud 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 ...

  5. Johanan (High Priest) - Wikipedia

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    Joshua got into a quarrel with Johanan in the temple, and Johanan killed him. Bagoas knew that Johanan had slain Joshua in the temple, saying to him, "Have you had the impudence to perpetrate murder in the temple." [1] Bagoas was forbidden to enter the temple, but he entered anyway saying "Am not I purer than he that was slain in the temple?"

  6. List of disqualifications for the Jewish priesthood - Wikipedia

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    Modern-day kohanim are also prohibited from marrying a divorcee (even their own divorced wife); a woman who has committed adultery, had been involved in incest, or had relations with a non-Jew; a convert; or the child of two converts. A born-Jewish woman who has had premarital relations may marry a kohen only if all of her partners were Jewish.

  7. Category:Biblical murder victims - Wikipedia

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    Murder victims depicted in the Bible. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A. Absalom (14 P) C. Cain and Abel (1 C, 18 P) J.

  8. 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]

  9. High Priest of Israel - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, the High Priest of Israel (Hebrew: כהן גדול, romanized: Kohen Gadol, lit. '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.