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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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Jewish Temple-life. It has already been indicated<br />

that <strong>the</strong> Priesthood was divided into twenty-four *<br />

courses,' which, in turn, ministered in <strong>the</strong> Temple.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Priests <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> * course' which was to be on<br />

duty always ga<strong>the</strong>red in certain towns, whence<br />

<strong>the</strong>y went up in company to Jerusalem, while those<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir number who were unable to go spent <strong>the</strong><br />

week in fasting <strong>and</strong> prayer. Now Nazareth was one<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se Priest-centres,* <strong>and</strong> although it may well<br />

have been, that comparatively few in distant<br />

Galilee conformed to <strong>the</strong> Priestly regulations—<br />

some must have assembled <strong>the</strong>re in preparation for<br />

<strong>the</strong> sacred functions, or appeared in its Synagogue.<br />

> Comp. <strong>the</strong> detailed description <strong>of</strong> * Comp.<br />

Neuhauer^ n. s. p. 190. See a<br />

<strong>the</strong>se roads, <strong>and</strong> tlie references in Hertog'i detailed<br />

account in * Sketches <strong>of</strong> Jewish Beal-Snc/kL vol.<br />

xv. pp. 160,161. Sodal <strong>Life</strong>,' iu^, p. 86.<br />

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