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Can you see the real me … ?—Pete TownshendAT A GLANCE, the biblical tradition paints a fairly simple picture of the Levites. They were a tribe descended from one of Jacob’s sons (Levi); Moses and Aaron emerged from their ranks in Egypt, and saw to their sacerdotal investiture during the wilderness period. Once the Levites had settled in the land of Canaan, they continued these priestly duties under the leadership of major priestly figures who descended from Aaron. They supported the building of Solomon’s temple, and they returned to Jerusalem following the end of the Babylonian Exile to help build the Second Temple and minister therein under the leadership of the Aaronide priesthood. The Levites then remained in this secondary position and were charged with a variety of duties to support the sacrificial cult conducted and regulated under Aaronide auspices. They also assisted powerful figures such as Ezra and Nehemiah in reading ritual texts, transmitting sacred teachings, and administering society according to divine law....
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Can you see the real me … ?—Pete TownshendAT A GLANCE, the biblical tradition paints a fairly simple picture of the Levites.
They were a tribe descended from one of Jacob’s sons (Levi); Moses and Aaron emerged from their ranks in Egypt, and saw to their sacerdotal investiture during the wilderness period.
Once the Levites had settled in the land of Canaan, they continued these priestly duties under the leadership of major priestly figures who descended from Aaron.
They supported the building of Solomon’s temple, and they returned to Jerusalem following the end of the Babylonian Exile to help build the Second Temple and minister therein under the leadership of the Aaronide priesthood.
The Levites then remained in this secondary position and were charged with a variety of duties to support the sacrificial cult conducted and regulated under Aaronide auspices.
They also assisted powerful figures such as Ezra and Nehemiah in reading ritual texts, transmitting sacred teachings, and administering society according to divine law.
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