The rites and worship of the Jews . people smart for having taken their part. By such means didthe Levites and the family of Aaron obtain and hold theirposition; and the other tribes, terrified at the wrath which hadbeen meted out on Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,1 refrained fromshowing their disapproval any more. Priestly Rights and Privileges. What, then, was this priest-right, so earnestly desired andsought after by all the ambitious in Israel ? Numb. xvi. 44 RITES AND WORSHIP OF THE JEWS. [Part I. It did not mean riches; for we are expressly told thatJehovah alone was the heritage of the child
The rites and worship of the Jews . people smart for having taken their part. By such means didthe Levites and the family of Aaron obtain and hold theirposition; and the other tribes, terrified at the wrath which hadbeen meted out on Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,1 refrained fromshowing their disapproval any more. Priestly Rights and Privileges. What, then, was this priest-right, so earnestly desired andsought after by all the ambitious in Israel ? Numb. xvi. 44 RITES AND WORSHIP OF THE JEWS. [Part I. It did not mean riches; for we are expressly told thatJehovah alone was the heritage of the children of Levi. Norwas it given on account of any particular merit, since it is in noway admitted that the tribe of Levi was free from share in theguilt of the Golden Calf, while Aaron was even a leader inthe act of impiety. If anything, moreover, the Levites werelosers rather than gainers by thus giving themselves to theservice of Jehovah and the charge of the Sanctuary. For itmeant, a renunciation of all share in the coming national. THE SIGN OF AARONS APPOINTMENT. triumph and victory, a loss in the shared spoil, an uncertaintyin the near future. But the inducements it did offer were morethan equal to the losses. Out of a holy nation, itself a patternand wonder to all around, the tribe of Levi emerged as evenholier than the holy, what was most Divine on earth. And itwas this separation from even family and kindred which formedthe keynote of Moses blessing on that tribe, and which was thetrue secret of their influence. Chap. III.] QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PRIESTHOOD. 45 The High Priesthood. Out of the whole tribe of Levi one family was selected—naturally it was that of Moses ; and from this family, one man,Aaron, his brother, to be the head or high priest. As regardsAaron individually, he does not seem to have been remarkablefor any great quality of mind. In Egypt, he was the mouth-piece of Moses; in the wilderness below Sinai, the hand of thepeople, who fashioned for them the Gol
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