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legitimate Levite Priests
Sacerdote(YahshearDath)
2Chronicles 11:13-17
All legitimate Levite Priests (Sacerdote)
YahshearDath-Gershon, YahshearDath-Kohat
and YahshearDath-Merari left Samaria to
Yahrusalem and stay for three (3) years.
2Chronicles 9:21Solomons Navy of Ships coming from Tarshish
and Ophir arrived with Golds in Yahrusalem
every three (3) years.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
YAHSHUA THE MESSIAH IS A LEVITE
Higher Critical Research
CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS BASED ON HOLY BIBLE... P- 1
Tribe of Levi.. P-12
Geneology of Levites. P-15
Wellhausen Hypothesis . P-19
The Texts of Israeli But Illegitimate Non-Levite Priests and
Illegitimate Non- Israeli Priests. P-20
Investigation of Higher Critical Research
The JText (Yahweh Text) and E-Text (Elohim Text) P-21
Greek Alexander the Great Captured Persian Kingdom P-40
DURING TIME OF NEW TESTAMENT P-41
THE LEVITES P-45
Illegitimate Non-Levite Priests P-59
Legitimate Levite Priests P-60
LEGITIMATE LEVITE PRIESTS CALLEDYAHSHEARDATH (SACERDOTE) JOIN THE SHIPSOF SOLOMON IN GOING TO TARSHISH AND OPHIR? .. P-61
The Philippine is Ophir.. P-76
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YAHSHUA MESSIAH IS A LEVITE
Higher Critical ResearchIsaiah 30:10-11
CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS BASED ON HOLY BIBLE RECORDS
YEAR REFERENCE HEBREW NAME-MEANING-EVENTS
B.C.E. (Before Common Era)
3992 Dan.9:24-27 Creation of(1)Adam-Awdam-to show blood in face
3862 Gen.5:3-6 SethSheeth-appoint
3757 Gen.5:9 Enosh-Awnash-to be frail
3667 Gen.5:12 Cainan-Kane-a nest
3597 Gen.5:15 Mahalalel-Halal-praise Yah
3532 Gen.5:18 Yared-Yared-to descend to lower region
3370 Gen.5:21 Jude 1:14 (7)Enoch-Kawnek-discipline3305 Gen.5:25 Metuselah-Methuselah
3118 Gen.5:28-29 Lamech-Lehmek-uncertain
3062 Gen.5:5 Death of Adam
3005 Gen.5:23Enoch taken away
2950 Gen.5:8 Death of Seth
2936 Gen.5:28 (10)Noah-Nooakh-to rest
2852 Gen.5:11 Death of Enosh
2757 Gen.5:14 Death of Cainan
2702 Gen.5:17 Death of Mahalalel
2570 Gen.5:20 Death of Yared
2436 Gen.5:32 Shem-Seem-call a name. Ham Yahpet born
2341 Gen.5:31 Death of Lamech
2336 Gen.5:27 Death of Metuselah
2336 Gen.7:6 Ark of Noah Great flood,Noah and 3 children, wives survived
Archaeological Findings:
Ancient Ebla In 1974 at site of ancient Ebla northern Syria,exemplify the plethora of pre-flood and post
flood writings
2334 Gen.11:10 Arphakshad-Rawpad-to refresh
2299 Gen.11:12 Selah-Shawlakh-to send away
2269 Gen.11:14 Heber-Awba-crossover
2235 Gen.11:14 (15)Peleg-Pawleg-to divide (Hebrew from Heber, Peleg and Yoktam the fatherof Ophir speaks Hebrew)
2235 Gen.10:25 Tower of Babel-Migdalah Bawlal = Confounded the language of Son of Man.
Heber language was called Hebrew from
name Heber. (Yoktam father of Ophir
speaks Hebrew goes to East Gen. 10:30)
2205 Gen.11:18 Reu-Rawaw-shepherd
2173 Gen.11:20 Serug-Sawrag-to intwine
2143 Gen.11:22 Nachor-Nakharaw-to snore
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2114 Gen.11:24 Thare-Tehrakh-trembling
2044 Gen.11:26 (20) Abram a Hebrew Gen. 14:13 (Abraham)Father to be raise of people.
Forever Covenant is Circumcision Gen.17:9-14. Prophecy of 400 years in the
foreign land Gen.15:13-14, Gen.21:12-13 .
Genesis 21:12 And Yahweh said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight
because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all thatSarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac
shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,
because he is thy seed.
Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they
shall afflict them four hundred years;
Genesis 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Gen.15:20 Hittite Archaeological Findings:
Hittites Monuments: In 1906 excavation at Boghazkoy (ancient Hattusas, capital of Hittite History
and culture). In Carchemish, Euprates River in Syria unearthed the Hittites
monuments in the later half of the 19th
century.
1996 Gen.11:19 Death of Peleg
1995 Gen.11:25 Death of Nachor
1986 Gen.9:29 Death of Noah
1966 Gen.11:21 Death of Reu
1958 Gen.17:25 Ismael Abraham is 86 years old when Ismael born by Hagar
1944 Gen.11:5 (21)Isaac-Tsawkhak-to laugh outright, born by Sarah
Gen.21:14 Ismael sent to Masry (Egypt)
1943 Gen.11:23 Death of Serug
1009 Gen.11:32 Death of Thare1896 Gen.11:13 Death of Arphakshad
1884 Gen.25:26 (22)Yahkoob-Awkab-heel catcher-change to Yahshear-to be straight Gen.32:28.
Yahkoob name was changed to Yahshear
Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel for as a prince
hast thou power with Yahweh and with men, and hast prevailed.
Strongs Exhaustive Concordance Hebrew-Greek Dictionary search for "Israel"
3474 yashar yaw-shar' a primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to
make) right, pleasant, prosperous:--direct, fit, seem good (meet), + please (will), be (esteem,
go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).
3475 Yesher yay'-sher from 3474; the right; Jesher, an Israelite: -Jesher.
3476 yosher yo'-sher from 3474; the right:--equity, meet, right, upright(-ness).
3477 yashar yaw-shawr' from 3474; straight (literally or figuratively):--convenient, equity, Jasher,
just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
3484 Yshuruwn yesh-oo-roon' from 3474; upright; Jeshurun, a symbol. name for Israel:--Jeshurun.
3478 Yisra'el yis-raw-ale' from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of
Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
3479 Yisra'el yis-raw-ale' (Aramaic) corresponding to 3478:--Israel.
3481 Yisr'eliy yis-reh-ay-lee' patronymically from 3478; a Jisreelite or descendant of Jisrael:--of
Israel, Israelite.
3484 Yshuruwn yesh-oo-roon' from 3474; upright; Jeshurun, a symbol. name for Israel:--Jeshurun.
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The 12 Sons of Yahshear (Jacob) from Leah, Rachel, Bilha, Zilpa : Gen.35:23-26
1. Ruben (Leah)
2. Simeon (Leah)
3. Levi (Leah)
4. Yahuwdah (Leah)
5. Dan (Bilha-Rachel6. Nepthali (Bilha-Rachel)
7. Gad (Zilpa-Leah)
8. Asher (Zilpa-Leah)
9. Isachar (Leah)
10. Zabulon (Leah
Dinah (Leah)
11. Yohseph (Rachel)
12. BenYahmin
1869 Gen.25:7 Death of Abraham
1866 Gen.11:15 Death of Selah
1836 Gen.11:11 Death of Shem
1805 Gen.11:17 Death of Heber
1784 Gen.37:28 The 12 Sons of Yahshear - Yohseph sold to Ismael and sold to Masry (Egyptian)
1764 Gen.35:28 Death of Isaac
1754 Gen.47:9 Yahkoob and 11 sons enter Masry (Egypt) for 400 years
Efraim and Manaseh counted as Son of Yahshear replaced Yohseph Gen. 48:5-6
The 13 Sons of Yahshear (Jacob) from Leah, Rachel, Bilha, Zilpa & Yohseph:
1. Ruben
2. Simeon
3. Levi sons YahshearDath-Gershon, YahshearDath-Kohat and YahshearDath-Merari
4. Yahuwdah
5. Dan
6. Nepthali
7. Gad
8. Asher
9. Isachar
10. Zabulon
Yohseph
11. Manaseh (Yohseph son Gen. 48:5-6)
12. Efraim (Yohseph son Gen. 48:5-6)
13. BenYahmin
Gen.49:33 Yahkoob died in Masry (Egypt)
Gen.50:26 Yohseph died in Masry (Egypt)
To Distinguish Both Circumcised Tribes of Ismael and Yisrawale in Masry (Egypt)
The sons of Yahshear was called Yisrawale (Israel) and Son of Hagar called Ismael
Strongs Exhaustive Concordance Hebrew Dictionary
SEC no. 3478 from no. 8280 Yisrawale (Israel) means Prince of Sarah to distinguished
from Ismael means In the name of my master Sarah.
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1354 Ex.12:40-51 Exodus of Moses-Mawshaw-to pull out of water. On Passover Day Moses
brought out of (Egypt) Masry all (13 Tribes) Tribes of Yisrawale. The Prophecy of Yahweh to
Abraham in Gen.15:13-14 was fulfilled. The blood of Ismael brought by Efraim and
Manaseh and the blood of Yahshaak brought by sons of Yahshear.
Prophecy of Yahweh to Abraham in Gen.15:13-14 was fulfilled
The blood of Ismael brought by Efraim and Manaseh and the blood of Yahshaakbrought by sons of Yahshear
Genesis 21:12 And Yahweh said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and
because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for
in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is
not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Genesis 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out
with great substance.
Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they
shall afflict them four hundred years;Genesis 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Levite Aaron and his Sons Generations to come was Appointed
to Priesthood of Yahweh for Perpetual Statute meaning Forever
Exodus 29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the
bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and
thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
Dath
Dath 1) decree, law, edict, regulation, usage ,a) decree, edict, commission, b) law, rule
dath Strongs Exhaustive Concordance Hebrew Dictionary
Pronunciation: Dawth
Definition: 1) decree, law, edict, regulation, usage
1a) decree, edict, commission
1b) law, rule
of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation: a royal edict or
statute:-commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
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DaTH
I used to think of DaTH (dawth) as meaning void, since that's the way the fluffy bunny new age kabbalah
books present it. I was curious one day and decided to see if the word was in the Bible (in Hebrew version)
and found that it means something like the Law written in our hearts, a kosmic consciousness that lets us
know if we are in sync with the Tao That Be (or however you want to describe it). Here are a few of mynotes on my research into DaTH.
Go on a spiritual quest to find values you can hold up as being what you stand for. You have found your
inner DaTH. You have found the law written in your heart. What is law? A king gives a decree or edict that
is the expression of the kings will. *Esther 3:14, 8:13, 9:14+ There was the concept that once a king issued
this DaTH, it cannot be altered or revoked. [Daniel 2:15, 6:16] DaTH is entrusted to people. In the case of
civil law, this DaTH is in the hands of judges, enforced by police, argued by lawyers, voted upon and
recorded by politicians.
The Israelites had the concept of the ToWRaH being the DaTH of Yahweh. Ezra was given the title of
Secretary of the irrevocable DaTH of the Almighty of heaven. [Ezra 7:2, 1 Esdras 8:9] The irrevocability of
the DaTH from Yahweh was not questioned by Yahshua. Yahshua was not out to destroy the ToWRaH
representing the DaTH from Yahweh, but to bring it to life in the hearts of people. [Matthew 5:17] He was
not getting out a giant cosmic eraser. What he challenged was that DaTH of Yahweh was complete and
contained in scriptures and traditions. He offered that DaTH of Yahweh can be known in the heart,
directly experienced, with continued insights into this DaTH, renewed revelation, and ongoing prophecy.
This was not anti-Jewish at all. The idea was found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Jews continued to redefine
DaTH with the Mishnah, the Talmud, the Kabbalah, and to this day with books being published, web
sites being built, deeper insights explored and lived out.
Here is something you can count on to be true for your entire life CHoKMaH/Sophia and DaTH are
treasures that will be your salvation. The greatest treasure comes from uniting with Yahweh. [Isaiah33:6]
A treasure is a reward after following a treasure hunt. A gift is never really valued as a treasure.
YAHWEH with a multitude approaches, from his right hand comes a shining DaTH. [Deuteronomy 33:2]
DaTH is the invisible SHiPHRaH, the Law in the heart of Yahweh. DaTH is Law, but DaTH is also having an
active conscious, a living Law written in the heart. DaTH is being conscious of the will of Yahweh, which
we can concentrate upon, which we can be mindful of, which can direct our view of what Yahweh wants
in each given situation. DaTH is beyond memorizing a collection of ancient rules. DaTH is a living part of
each of us. I would dare say that people who have never heard one word of religion still know that it
would be wrong to go on a murdering spree or steal from the neighbors when they are not at home. The
commandments part of ToWRaH are not the DaTH, but are examples of using the DaTH in specific
situations. The DaTH extends far beyond the few ancient case-by-case examples of what would not be
acceptable behavior.
Thus the Jewish/Kabbalist quest for the invisible DaTH is much like the Gnostic quest for direct connect,
for gnosis. Maybe it is invisible because it is from another dimension, that light trapped in the darkness,
our core Messiahs Consciousness, our native our Nature.
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Moses was Called Dath Moses
Wikipedia, the FreeEncyclopedia- Dath Mosha
Middle Eastern and North African Jewish community headdress may also resemble that of the ancient
Israelites. In Yemen, the wrap around the cap was called massar; the head covering worn by allwomen according to Dath Mosha was a "Gargush"
Sons of Levi called Yahshear-Dath (Sacerdote) was distributed to 12 Tribes
The 13 Sons of Yahshear (Jacob) from Leah, Rachel, Bilha, Zilpa & Yohseph:
Joshua 21:1-8, 1Chronicles 6:63-81, distribution of Levites to 12 Tribes, Judges 17:7
Judges 17:7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the
family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
(That Levite comes from blood of Kohath who was assigned to Yahuwdah)
12 tribes 13 Tribes Levites Distributed to 12 Tribes
1. Ruben --------1. Ruben (Leah) ---------------1. Ruben- YahshearDath Merari the Priest
2. Simeon ------2. Simeon (Leah)-------------2. Simeon- YahshearDath Kohath the Priest
3. Levi -----------3.Levi(Leah)sons YahshearDath-Gershon, YahshearDath-Kohat andYahshearDath-Merari
4. Yahuwdah---4. Yahuwdah (Leah) ----------3. Yahuwdah- YahshearDath Kohath the Priest
5. Dan -----------5. Dan (Bilha-Rachel )------4. Dan- YahshearDath Kohath the Priest
6. Nepthali -----6. Nepthali (Bilha-Rachel)-5. Nepthali- YahshearDath Gershon the Priest
7. Gad -----------7. Gad (Zilpa-Leah)----------6. Gad- YahshearDath Merari the Priest
8. Asher ---------8. Asher (Zilpa-Leah)-------7. Asher- YahshearDath Gershon the Priest
9. Isachar -------9. Isachar (Leah)-------------8. Isachar-YahshearDath Gershon the Priest
10.Zabulon -----10. Zabulon (Leah)-----------9. Zabulon- YahshearDath Merari the Priest
11.Yohseph --- Yohseph (Rachel) sons Manaseh and Efraim
12.BenYahmin-11. Manaseh--------------------10. Manaseh half Tribe YahshearDath-Gershon the Priest
Manaseh- half Tribe YahshearDath-Kohath the Priest
12. Efraim----------------------11. Efraim- YahshearDath-Kohath the Priest
13. BenYahmin(Rachel) ------12. BemYahmin- YahshearDath-Kohath the Priest
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Yisrawale (Israel) asked for King
King Saul (Tribe of BenYahmin)
King David (Tribe of Yahuwdah)
King Solomon (King YahdidiYah) (Tribe of Yahuwdah)
874 1Kings 6:1 480 years From Exodus to 4th
year of King YahdidiYah (Solomon)
1Kings 9:26 King Solomom made Navy of Ships to go to Ophir for Gold
838 1Kings 11:42 Divided Kingdom (Kingdom of Yahuwdah & Kingdom of Yisrawale)
Kingdom of Yahuwdah (Jews) = Kingdom of Yisrawale (Israel)
838 1Kings 14:2 King Rehoboam-Rakhobam = King Jeroboam-Yeroboam
2 tribes City of Yahrusalem = 10 tribes City of Samaria
1Kings 11:26 King = Jeroboam from Efraim Tribe
1Kings 12:31-32 /1Kings 13:33-34 = Jeroboam replaced Levites Priest by ordinary
Israeli to become Priest (the illegitimate, non-LevitePriests)
2Chronicles 13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of , the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests
after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and
seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no elohim.
LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE PRIESTS
2Chro.11:13-17 = all legitimate (Sacerdote)Levite Priest
YahshearDath-Gershon, YahshearDath-Kohat
And YahshearDath-Merari left Samaria to
Yahrusalem and stay for three (3) years.
2Chro.9:21 Solomons Navy of Ships arrived with Golds in Yahrusalemevery three (3) years. Yisrawale (Israel) legitimate Levites Priest
YahshearDath-Gershon, YahshearDath-Kohat andYahshearDath-
Merari after three (3) years stay they cannot be found in Yahrusalem.
This is the FIRST TIME Yahweh recover the remnant of his people and
the SECOND TIME is in Isaiah 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that
day, that Yahweh shall set his hand again the SECOND TIME to recover
the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from
Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from
Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
821 1Kings 15:20 King Abia-AbiYah-father is Yah
818 1Kings 15:10 King Asa-Awsaw
816 1Kings 15:25 King Nadab
815 1Kings 15:28 King Baasha
792 1Kings 16:18 King Elah
791 1Kings 16:15 King Zimri
787 1Kings 16:23 King Omri-bought the hills of Samaria from
Shemer later become Samaria
780 1Kings 16:29 King Ahab-EliYah,
ObadiYah, Elisha,
MicaYah period
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Archaeological Findings:Moabite stone - King Mesha of Moab inscribed in stone
erected as historical record of his revolt
against Yisrawale as recorded in 2Kings
1:1,3:4-5. The name Yahweh inscribed in
ancient Paleo-Hebrew characters while the
whole text was written in Phoenician-
Moabite form. Reason is that they cannotpronounced the name Yahweh in their
Moabite language so they just copied the
name in original form of writings.
776 1Kings 22:51 King Yehoshaphat
760 1Kings 22:51 King Ahaziah
2Chro.20:18-19 Yisrawale (Israel) Levites Priest
YahshearDath-Gershon, YahshearDath-Kohat and
YahshearDath-Merari cannot found in Yahrusalem.This is the FIRST TIME Yahweh recover the remnant
of his people mentioned in Isaiah 11:11.
2Chro.20.35-37 King Yehoshaphat and King Ahaziah
made alliance to construct fleet of ships to go to Tarshish.
BOTH KING JEHOSHAPHAT OF YAHUWDAH AND KING AHAZIAH OF ISRAEL
WANT TO GO TO TARSHISH AND OPHIR
2Chronicles 20:35-37 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself
with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: And he joined himself with
him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat,
saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Yahweh hath broken thy
works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish
758 2Kings 3:1 King Yoram
744 2Chro.21.5 King Yoraim Yaham-people of Yahweh
744 2Chro.22:2 King Ahaziah-AwkhasYah-Yah has siezed
743 2Kings 9:24 King Yehu-he killed both kings Yoram and Ahaziah
743 2Chor.22:12 Queen Atali-Athlahee-Yah strength of Yah
737 2Chro.24:1 King Yoash-Yahaysh-Yah fired
715 2Kings 13:1 (ZechariYah stoned to death) King Yehoahaz
700 2Kings 13:10 King Yoash
697 2Chro.25:1 King Amasiah-AwmatsYah-strength of Yah
682 2Kings 14:23 King Yeroboam
668 2Kings26:3 King Uziah-OozeeYah-power of Yah - Isaiah, Hosea, Amos630 2Kings 15:8 King ZachariYah
629 2Kings 15:13 King Shallum
629 2Kings 15:17 King Menahim
619 2Kings 15:23 King Pekahiah
617 2Kings 15:23 King Pekah-Tribe of Nepthali deported
to Assyria
616 2Chro.27:1 King Yoatam-Yahthawn-Yah is perfect
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600 2Chro.28:1 King Acaz-Awkhaz-to sieze possesor
588 2Kings 15:30 King Hoshea
584 2Chro.29:1 King Ezequiaz-ChawzkYah-strengt of Yah
578 2Kings 17:24 Shalmanazer King of Assyria deported 9 tribes
of Yisrawale into Assyria. Start of Captivity.
Ezekiel period
2Kings 17:23-28 = Israeli deported to Assyria replaced by Five
(5) Nations in the land of Israel, One (1)
ordinary Israeli Priest but Not Levite Returned
to Samaria and ordained other Priest from five
(5) Nations to be called Israel Priest.( the illegitimate,non-Levite priest ordained non-Israeli Priests)
Five (5) Nations Replaced Yisrawale
(Abba, Cutha, Hammath, Separvaim and
Babylon)
Isaiah 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that
Yahweh shall set his hand again the SECOND TIME torecover the remnant of his people, which shall be left,
from ASSYRIA, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and
from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from
Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
2Kings 18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I
pray thee, to thy servants in the Aramaic Syrian
language; for we understand it: and talk not with us
in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that
are on the wall.
DURING ASSYRIAN CAPTIVITY THE PRIEST OF YISRAWALE WHICH
WERE NOT THE SONS OF LEVI WAS CALLED KOHAN
KOHAN MEANS PRIEST IS ARAMAIC WORD THAT REPLACED
THE FORMER LEVITE PRIEST OR YAHSHEAR-DATH OR SACERDOTE
3547 kahan kaw-han' a primitive root, apparently meaning to
mediate in religious services; but used only as
denominative from 3548; to officiate as a priest;
figuratively, to put on regalia:--deck, be (do the office of a,
execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).
3548 kohen ko-hane' active participle of 3547; literally, one
officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest
(although a layman):--chief ruler, X own, priest, prince,
principal officer.
3549 kahen kaw-hane' (Aramaic) corresponding to 3548:--priest.
(KOHAN IS ARAMAIC)
THEREFORE THE PRIEST BEFORE ASSYRIAN CAPTIVITY WAS CALLED
YAHSHEAR-DATH or SACER-DOTE AND DURING ASSYRIAN
CAPTIVITY WAS CHANGED TO ARAMAIC WORD KOHAN.
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Encyclopedia Judaica
YHWH vol.7 p.680 BLASPHEMY = The Sacred Name pronounced
Yah-oo-ay was avoided to pronounced
during Assyrian Captivity but only High Priest
can utter that Name eight (8) times on the
Day of Atonement, a day of fasting on the
10th day of the 7th month. Sanhedrin (Highest
Court) ruled a decree of offense of
BLASPHEMY to whoever pronounced and
uttered that name in public or in solemn
assemblies and instead they substituted the
word ADONAI the name of diety of Canaan
where they were living.
555 2Chro.33:1 King Manases-Nawshaw-causing to forget
500 2Chro.33:21 King Amon-Awmone-skilled
498 2Chro.34:1 King Yosias-YahayshYah-fire of Yah,
ZephaniYah period
480 2Chro,35:19 King Yosias restored the Feast of Passover2Chro.36:2 King Yoacas-EeshYah-formation of Yah
467 2Chro.36:4-5 King Yoaquim-YahkoonYah-Yah will establish
464 Daniel 1:1 King Nebuchadnesar of Babylonia Start of Babylonian Captivity464 BCE is 463
years BCE plus 27-28 CE the 49th
year Sabbathical Year=490 years as prophesied by Daniel in 9:24-27.
Daniel 9:24-27
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in
everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth the commandment to restore and tobuild Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks:
the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in trouble times. And after threescore and two
weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come
shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the
end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one
week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for
the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and
that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
490 years from Babylonian Captivity (70 x 7 = 490 years)( Sabbathical Year)
On year 0027-0028 A.D. Sabbathical year or 49th year (seven weeks Sabbathical Year)
On year 0028-0029 A.D. Jubilee year or first year or the 50th year
On year 0029-0030 A.D. second year
On year 0030-0031 A.D. third year ( and three)
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Tribe of Levi
The tribe is named after Levi, one of the twelve sons ofJacob(later called Yahshear). Levi had three sons:
Gershon,Kohath, andMerari(Genesis 46:11).
Levi
Melcha
Gershon Kohath Merari
Jochebed
Amra
m Izhar Hebron Uzziel
Miriam Aaron Moses
KOHAN or KOHANIM IS PRIESTS IN ARAMAIC
Kohath's sonAmramwas the father ofMiriam,AaronandMoses. The descendants ofAaron: theKohanim
("Priests"), had the special role as priests in theTabernaclein the wilderness and also in theTemple in
Jerusalem. The remaining Levites (Levi'yim inHebrew), divided into three groups (the descendants of
Gershon, orGershonites, the descendants of Kohath, orKohathites, and the descendants of Merari, or
Merarites) each filled different roles in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple services.
Levites' principal roles in the Temple included singingPsalmsduring Temple services, performing
construction and maintenance for the Temple, serving as guards, and performing other services. Levites
also served as teachers and judges, maintainingcities of refugein Biblical times. The Book ofEzrareports
that the Levites were responsible for the construction of theSecond Templeand also translated andexplained theTorahwhen it was publicly read.
In Egypt the Levites were the only tribe that remained committed to Yahweh. During theExodusthe Levite
tribe were particularly zealous in protecting the Mosaic law in the face of those worshipping theGolden
Calf, which may have been a reason for their priestly status.
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In the Torah Levites Duty
1) In theBook of Numbersthe Levites were charged with ministering to theKohanim (priests) and keeping
watch over theTabernacle:
2) And with you bring your brother also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you
and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. 3) They shallkeep guard over you and over the whole tent, but shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary or to
the altar lest they, and you, die. 4) They shall join you and keep guard over the tent of meeting for all the
service of the tent, and no outsider shall come near you. 5) And you shall keep guard over the sanctuary
and over the altar, that there may never again be wrath on the people of Israel. 6) And behold, I have taken
your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. They are a gift to you, given to Yahweh, to do
the service of the tent of meeting.Numbers18:2-4-6.
In the Prophets
TheBook of Jeremiahspeaks of a covenant with the Kohanim (priests) and Levites, connecting it with the covenant
with the seed of King David:
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the
seed ofDavidMy servant, and the Levites that minister unto Me.
And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying:
'Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying: The two families which Yahweh did choose, He
hath cast them off?Jeremiah33:22-24
The prophetMalachialso spoke of a covenant with Levi:
Know then that I have sent this commandment unto you, that My covenant might be with Levi, saith
Yahweh of hosts.
My covenant was with him of life and peace, and I gave them to him, and of fear, and he feared Me, and
was afraid of My name.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips; he walked with Me in
peace and uprightness, and did turn many away from iniquity.Malachi2:4-6
Malachi connected a purification of the "sons of Levi" with the coming of Yahweh Messenger:
Behold, I send Mymessenger, and he shall clear the way before Me; and Yahweh, whom ye seek, will
suddenly come to Histemple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in, behold, he cometh,
saith Yahweh of hosts.
But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's
fire, and like fullers' soap;
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold
and silver; and there shall be they that shall offer unto Yahweh offerings in righteousness.Malachi3:1-3
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In contemporary Jewish practice today:
Today, Levites inOrthodox Judaismcontinue to have additional rights and obligations compared to lay people,
although these responsibilities have diminished with the destruction of the Temple. For instance,Kohanimare eligible
tobe called to the Torahfirst, followed by the Levites. Levites also provide assistance to the Kohanim, particularlywashing their hands, before the Kohanim recite thePriestly Blessing. They also do not participate in thePidyon haben
(redemption of the firstborn) ceremony, because they are traditionally pledged to Divine service.Conservative Judaismrecognizes Levites as having special status, but not all Conservative congregations callKohanimand Levites to the firstand second reading of theTorah, and many no longer perform rituals such as thePriestly BlessingandPidyon Habenin
which kohanim and Levites have a special role.Reconstructionist andReform Judaismdo not observe the distinctionsbetweenKohanim, Levites, and otherJews.
Orthodox Judaism believes in the eventual rebuilding of a Temple in Jerusalem and a resumption of the Levitical role.A tiny minority of Orthodox Jews support schools, primarily inIsrael, to train priests and Levites in their respectiveroles. Conservative Judaism believes in a restoration of the Temple as a house of worship and in some special role forLevites, although not the ancient sacrificial system as previously practiced.
Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism do not believe in a future Temple at all, or in a form of worship in which role isdetermined by ancestry. However, some Reform synagogues will refer to members who volunteer to help with servicesand other functions as "Levites." This is more of an honorific title and has no basis of lineage.
Bat Levi
A Bat Levi (daughter of a Levite) is recognized as having lineal sanctity in both Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, stemming from
her traditional eligibility to receive proceeds of the Levitical tithe (Maaser Rishon). In both Orthodox Judaism and Conservative
Judaism, children of a Bat Levi, regardless of her marital status or husband's tribe, retain the traditional exemption for their children
from the requirement of being redeemed through thePidyon HaBenceremony because of this lineal sanctity.
Conservative Judaism permits a Bat Levi to perform essentially all the rituals a male Levi would perform, including being called to the
Torahfor the Levitealiyahin those Conservative synagogues which have both retained traditional tribal roles and modified traditionalgender roles.
In Biblical criticism
The parts of the Torah attributed by advocates of theDocumentary Hypothesisto theElohist, seem to treatLevite as a descriptiveattribute for someone particularly suited to the priesthood, rather than as the designator of a tribe and feel thatMosesandAaronare
being portrayed as part of the Joseph group rather than being part of a tribe calledLevi. TheLevitesare not mentioned by theSong of
Deborahconsidered one of the oldest passages of the Bible.Jahwistpassages have more ambiguous language; traditionally interpretedas referring to a person namedLevi they could also be interpreted as just referring to a social position titled levi. In the Blessing of
Jacob (later than the Song of Deborah), Levi is treated as a tribe, cursing them to become scattered; critics regard this as an
aetiologicalpostdictionto explain how a tribe could be so scattered, the simpler solution being that the priesthood was originally opento any tribe, but gradually became seen as a distinct tribe to themselves. In thePriestly Sourceand Blessing of Moses, which critical
scholars view as originating centuries later, the Levites are firmly established as a tribe, and the only tribe with the right to be priests.
Notable descendants
Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Samuel, Ezekiel, Ezra, Malachi, , ZechariYah and Elizabeth, YahYah (John) the Baptist, Miriam Mother of
Yahshua and Yahshua the Messiah of Nazareth
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Geneology of Levites
1Chronicles 6:1
Gerson Cohat Merari
Libni Shimei Amran Ishar Hebron Uzziel Mahli Mushi
Jahath Aaron-Moses Korah Libni
Zimmah Eleazar Ebiasaph Shimea
Joah Phinehas Assir Uzza
Iddo Abishua(Abijah) Tahath Shimea
Zerah Bukki ZephaniYah Haggiah
Jeaterai Uzzi Azariah Asaiah
Zerahiah Joel
Maraioth Elkanah
Amariah Amasai
Ahitub MahathZadok Elkanah(father of Prophet Samuel)
Ahimaaz Zuph
Azariah Toah
Johanan Eliel
Azariah- (Priest of Solomon Temple) Jeroham
Amariah Elkanah
Ahitub Shumuel
Zadok Joel
Shallum Heman
Hilkiah
Azariah
Seraiah
Babylonian Captivity: Ezra (Jehozadak-Babylon captivity for 70 years)
Daniel 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was
made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
Daniel 9:2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years,
whereof the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy
years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 29:10 For thus saith Yahweh, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon, Iwill visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
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Persian Kingdom Captured Babylonian Kingdom:
Behistun Rock in Mountain of Iran Depict Persians Captured Babylonians:
RECONSTRUCTING THE MISSING NAMES IN THE GENEOLOGY OF THE LEVITES:
Ezra 7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah,
the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
Ezra 7:2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
Ezra 7:3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, (missing: the son of Johanan, the son of
Azariah, the son of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, the son of Amariah) the son
of Meraioth,
Ezra 7:4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
Ezra 7:5 The son of Abishua (Abijah), the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron
the chief priest:
Book of the Law by Moses
Ezra a Levites who is in the lineage of Aaron is the ONLY AUTHORIZED to handle the Book of the
Law by Moses, it was instructed in the books of 2Samuel 6:6-7, Deuteronomy 10:8, 31:26.
Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time Yahweh separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister unto him, and to bless in his name,
unto this day.
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Deuteronomy 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant
of Yahweh your Mighty One, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
2Samuel 6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the
ark of Yahweh, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
2Samuel 6:7 And the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzzah; and Yahweh smote him there
for his error; and there he died by the ark of Yahweh.
King Jeroboam of Israel replaced the Legitimate-Levites Priests with Ordinary Israeli
who is Non-Levites Illegitimate Priests
1Kings 12:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the
people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
1Kings 12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the
month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel,
sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high
places which he had made.
1Kings 13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the
lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he
became one of the priests of the high places.
1Kings 13:34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to
destroy it from off the face of the earth.
2Chronicles 11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all
their coasts.
2Chronicles 11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and
Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto
Yahweh:
2Chronicles 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the
calves which he had made.
2Chronicles 11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seekYahweh the Mighty One of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto Yahweh the Mighty One of
their fathers.
2Chronicles 11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of
Solomon strong, three years: for three (3) years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
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Five (5) Nations replaced Israeli in Israel land
2Kings 17:23 Until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the
prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
2Kings 17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and fromAva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead
of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
2Kings 17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not
Yahweh: therefore Yahweh sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
2Kings 17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast
removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the Elohim of the land:
therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not
the manner of the Elohim of the land.
(The people from Five (5) Nations that replaced Israeli from the land are believers of Elohim)
Illegitimate Priest Returned
Only One Illegitimate Priest (Israeli who is Non-Levites) Returned to the City of Samaria
2Kings 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom
ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of
the Elohim of the land.
2Kings 17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt
in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.
The Only One Illegitimate Priest that Returned Ordained Non Israeli to become Priests
Non-Israeli Priest from Five (5) Nations become Priest of Israel
2Kings 17:29 Howbeit every nation made elohim of their own, and put them in the houses of
the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
Illegitimate Non Levites Priests and Illegitimate Non-Israeli Priests Genealogy was Not Found
Nehemiah 7:64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but
it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
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Wellhausen Hypothesisor Graf-WellhausenIn 1876/77Julius WellhausenpublishedDie Composition des Hexateuch ("The Composition of theHexateuch", i.e. the Pentateuchplus thebook of Joshua), in which he set out the four-source hypothesis of Pentateuchal origins; this was followed in 1878 by
Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels("Prolegomena to the History of Israel"), a work which traced the development of the religion of
the ancient Israelites from an entirely secular, non-supernatural standpoint. Wellhausen contributed little that was new, but sifted andcombined the previous century of scholarship into a coherent, comprehensive theory on the origins of the Torah and of Judaism, one
so persuasive that it dominated scholarly debate on the subject for the next hundred years.[2]
Distinguishing the sources
Wellhausen's criteria for distinguishing between sources were those developed by his predecessors over the previous century: style(including but not exclusively the choice of vocabulary); divine names; doublets and occasionally triplets. J was identified with a rich
narrative style, E was somewhat less eloquent, P's language was dry and legalistic. Vocabulary items such as the names of God, or the
use of Horeb (E and D) or Sinai (J and P) for God's mountain; ritual objects such as theark, mentioned frequently in J but never in E;the status of judges (never mentioned in P) and prophets (mentioned only in E and D); the means of communication between God and
humanity (J's God meets in person with Adam and Abraham, E's God communicates through dreams, P's can only be approached
through the priesthood): all these and more formed the toolkit for discriminating between sources and allocating verses to th em.[10]
Dating the sources
Wellhausen's starting point for dating the sources was the event described in 2 Kings 22:820: a "scroll of Torah" (which can be
translated "instruction" or "law") is discovered in the Temple in Jerusalem by the High PriestHilkiahin the eighteenth year of kingJosiah, who had ascended the throne as a child of eight. What Josiah reads there causes him to embark on a campaign of religiousreform, destroying all altars except that in the Temple, prohibiting all sacrifice except at the Temple, and insisting on the exclusive
worship of Yahweh. In the 4th centuryJeromehad speculated that the scroll may have been Deuteronomy; de Wette in 1805
suggested that it might have been only the law-code at Deuteronomy 12-26 that Hilkiah found, and that he might have written ithimself, alone or in collaboration with Josiah. The Deuteronomistic historian certainly held Josiah in high regard: 1 Kings 13 names
him as one who will be sent by Yahweh to slaughter the apostate priests ofBeth-el, in a prophecy allegedly made 300 years before his
birth. [11]
With D anchored in history, Wellhausen proceeded to place the remaining sources around it. He acceptedKarl Heinrich Graf'sconclusion that the sources were written in the order J-E-D-P. This was contrary to the general opinion of scholars at the time, who
saw P as the earliest of the sources, "the official guide to approved divine worship", and Wellhausen's sustained argument for a late P
was the great innovation of the Prolegomena.[12]J and E he ascribed to the early monarchy, approximately 950 BCE for J and 850BCE for E; P he placed in the early Persian post-Exilic period, around 500 BCE. His argument for these dates was based on what was
seen in his day as the natural evolution of religious practice: in the pre-and early monarchic society described in Genesis and Judges
and Samuel, altars were erected wherever the Patriarchs or heroes such asJoshuachose, anyone could offer the sacrifice, and portions
were offered to priests as the one offering the sacrifice chose; by the late monarchy sacrifice was beginning to be centralized andcontrolled by the priesthood, while pan-Israelite festivals such asPassoverwere instituted to tie the people to the monarch in a joint
celebration of national history; in post-Exilic times the temple in Jerusalem was firmly established as the only sanctuary, only thedescendants ofAaroncould offer sacrifices, festivals were linked to the calendar instead of to the seasons, and the schedule of priestly
entitlements was strictly mandated.[13]
The four were combined by a series of Redactors (editors), first J with E to form a combined JE, then JE with D to form a JED text,
and finally JED with P to form JEDP, the final Torah. Taking up a scholarly tradition stretching back to Spinoza and Hobbes,
Wellhausen namedEzra, the post-Exilic leader who re-established the Jewish community in Jerusalem at the behest of the PersianemperorArtaxerxes Iin 458 BCE, as the final redactor.
The documentary hypothesis (DH) (sometimes called the Wellhausen hypothesis, afterJulius Wellhausen, though he did not invent
it), holds that thePentateuch(theTorah, or the Five Books ofMoses) was derived from originally independent, parallel and complete
narratives, which were subsequently combined into the current form by a series ofredactors(editors). The number of these is usuallyset at four distinct schools, but this is not an essential part of the hypothesis.
In an attempt to reconcile inconsistencies in the biblical text, and refusing to accept forced explanations to harmonize them, 18th and
19th century biblical scholars usingsource criticismeventually arrived at the theory that the Torah was composed of selections woven
together from several, at times inconsistent, sources, each originally a complete and independent document. The hypothesis developedslowly over the course of the 19th century, by the end of which it was generally agreed that there were four main sources, combined
into their final form by a series ofredactors,R. These four sources came to be known as the Yahwist, or Jahwist, J (J being the
Germanequivalent of theEnglishletter Y); the Elohist, E; the Deuteronomist, D, (the name comes from the Book of Deuteronomy,
D's contribution to the Torah); and the Priestly Writer, P.
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Julius Wellhausen's contribution was to order these sources chronologically as JEDP, giving them a coherent setting in the evolving
religious history of Israel, which he saw as one of ever-increasing priestly power. Wellhausen's formulation was:
theJahwistsource ( J ) : written c. 950 BCE in the southernKingdom of Judah. theElohistsource ( E ) : written c. 850 BCE in the northernKingdom of Israel. theDeuteronomist (D ) : written c. 600 BCE inJerusalemduring a period of religious reform. thePriestly source( P ) : written c. 500 BCE by Aaronicpriests in exile inBabylon. TheTorah redactors: firstJE, thenJED, and finallyJEDP, producing the final form of theTorahc.450 BCE.
The hypothesis dominated biblical scholarship for much of the 20th century, and, although increasingly challenged by other models in
the last part of the 20th century, its terminology and insights continue to provide the framework for modern theories on the origins of
the Torah.
The Texts of Illegitimate Priests
The Texts of Israeli But Illegitimate Non-Levite Priests andIllegitimate Non- Israeli Priests
P-Text and D-Text
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the sabbath day to sanctify i t . . . because in six days Yahwehmade the heavens and the earth, the sea and ail that is in them, andhe rested on the seventh day Therefore Yahweh blessed the sabbath dayand sanctified it.
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
In Deuteronomy it was repeated :Keep the sabbath day to sanctify i t . . . and you shall remember thatyou were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God broughtyou out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. There'
fore Yahweh your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day.
The First Version from P-text, the reason of keeping the Sabbath is:because God rested on the seventh day.
The Second Version from D-Text, the reason of keeping the Sabbath is:becauseGod freed you from slavery.
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Dead Sea Scroll Found about Sabbath Keeping
In the Dead Sea Scroll found that both P-Text and D-Textare NOT the reason in keeping the Sabbath. In all of this,no one method governs the process of keeping theSabbaths. This was corrected by Yahshua Messiahin Matthew 12:1-12.
Qumran Cave at Dead Sea ead sea Scrolls Targum
Investigation of Higher Critical ResearchThe JText (Yahweh Text) and E-Text (Elohim Text)
(this was copied from internet, many thanks for the writers of this topic )
The discoveries that they all made ultimately came down to the combination of two pieces of evidence:doublets and the names of Almighty. They saw that there were apparently two versions each of a largenumber of biblical stories: two accounts of the creation, two accounts of each of several stories about thepatriarchs Abraham and Yahshear (Jacob), and so on. Then it was noticed that, quite often, one of the two
versions of a storywould refer to Almighty one name and the other version would refer to Almighty by adifferent name.
In the case of the creation, for example, the first chapter of the Bible tells one version of how the world cameto be created, and the second chapter of the Bible starts over with a different version of what happened 1 Inmany ways they duplicate each other, and on several points they contradict each other. For example, they de-scribe the same events in different order. In the first version, Elohim creates plants first, then animals, thenman and woman. In the second version, Yahweh creates man first. Then he creates plants. Then, so that theman should not be alone, Yahweh creates animals. And last, after the man does not find a satisfactory mateamong the animals, Yahweh creates woman. And so we have:
Elohim Text Yahweh TextGenesis 1 Genesis 2Plants mananimals plantsman & woman animals
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The two stories have two different pictures of what happened. Now, noticed that the first version of thecreation story always refers to the creator as Elohimthirty-five times. The second version always refers tohim by his name, Yahweheleven times. The first version never calls him Yahweh; the second version nevercalls him Elohim. Later comes the story of the great flood and Noah's ark, and it, too, can be separated intotwo complete versions that sometimes duplicate each other and sometimes contradict each other2 And, again,one version always calls the Almighty as Elohim, and the other version always calls him Yahweh. There aretwo versions of the story of the covenant between the Almighty and Abraham 1 And, once again, in one the
Almighty introduces himself as Yahweh, and in one he introduces himself as Elohim. And so on. Theinvestigations saw that they were not simply dealing with a book that repeated itself a great deal, and they
were not dealing with a loose collection of somewhat similar stories. It was discovered to have two separateworks that someone had cut up and combined into one.
The group of biblical stories that referred to the Almighty as Elohim "E," because the borrowed Hebrew wordfrom Aramaic and Egyptian word for designation for Almighty is El or Elohim. El is the diety of Egyptians.
(The word El was found at the top of a list of gods as the Ancient of Gods or the Father of all Gods, in the ruins of the Royal Libraryof theEblacivilization, in the archaeological site ofTell Mardikhin Syria dated to 2300 BC.). The other group of stories thatreferred to the deity as Yahweh "J" (which in German is pronounced like English Y).
The idea that the Bible's early history was a combination of two originally separate works by two differentpeople. Practically before anyone had a chance to consider the implications of this idea for the Bible andreligion, it was discovered that the first five books of the Bible were not, in fact, even bytwowritersbut they
were by (4) four. It was discovered that E was not one but two sources. The two had looked like only onebecause they both called the Almighty as Elohim, not Yahweh. But the investigations now noticed that withinthe group of stories that called the Almighty as Elohim there were still doublets. There were also differences ofstyle, differences of language, and differences of interests. In short, the same kinds of evidence that had led tothe discovery of J and E now led to the discovery of a third source that had been hidden within E. Thedifferences of interests were intriguing. This third set of stories seemed to be particularly interested inpriests.It contained stories about priests, laws about priests, matters of ritual, sacrifice, incense-burning, and purity,and concern with dates, numbers, and measurements. This source therefore came to be known as the Priestlysourcefor short, P. The sources J, E, and P were found to flow through the first four of the five Books ofMoses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. However, there was hardly a trace of them in the fifth book,Deuteronomy, except for a few lines in the last chapters. Deuteronomy is written in an entirely different stylefrom those of the other four books. The differences are obvious even in translation. The vocabulary isdifferent. There are different recurring expressions and favorite phrases. There are doublets of whole sections
of the first four books. There are blatant contradictions of detail between it and the others. Even part of thewording of the Ten Commandments is different. Deuteronomy appeared to be independent, a fourth source. Itwas called D. The discovery that the Torah of Moses was really four works that had once been separate was notnecessarily a crisis in itself. After all, the New Testament also began with four GospelsMatthew, Mark, Luke,and Johneach of which told the story in its own way.
Why then was there such a hostile reaction, among Christians and Jews, to the idea that the Old Testament(or Hebrew Bible) might begin with four "gospels" as well? The difference was that the Hebrew Bible's foursources had been combined so intricately and accepted as Moses' own writing for so long, about two thousand
years; the new discoveries were flying in the face of an old, accepted, sacred tradition. The biblicalinvestigations were unraveling a finely woven garment, and no one knew where these new investigations
would lead.
The Story of Noah
Twice
These first books of the Bible had as extraordinary a manner of composition as any book on earth. Imagineassigning four different people to write a book on the same subject, then taking their four different versionsand cutting them up and combining them into one long, continuous account, then claiming that the account
was all by one person. Then imagine giving the book to detectives and leaving them to figure out (1) that thebook was not by one person, (2) that it was by four, (3) who the four were, and (4) who combined them.
For those readers who want to get a better sense of how this tooks, It was translated the biblical story ofNoah's ark, as it appears in Genesis, with its two sources printed in two different kinds of type. The flood story
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is a combination of the J source and the P source. J is printed here in regular type, and P is printed in boldfacecapitals. If you read either source from beginning to end, and then go back and read the other one, you will beable to see for yourself two complete, continuous accounts, each with its own vocabulary and concerns:
The FloodGenesis 6:5-8:22(P- Text-Priestly text in BOLDFACE CAPITALS, J- Text-Yahweh text in regular type)GENESIS 6:
5 And Yahweh saw that the evil of humans was great in the earth, and all the inclination of the thoughts oftheir heart was only evil all the day.
6 And Yahweh regretted that he had made humans in the earth, and he was grieved to his heart.
7 And Yahweh said, " I shall wipe out the humans which I have created from the face of the earth, from humanto beast to creeping thing to bird of the heavens, for I regret that I have made them."
8 But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes.
9 THESE ARE T H E GENERATIONS OF N O A H : N O A H WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN, PERFECT I N HIS GENERATIONS. N O A HWALKED W I TH GOD.
10 AND N O A H SIRED THREE SONS: SHEM, H A M , A N D JAFHETH .11 AND THE EARTH WAS CORRUPTED BEFORE GOD, A N D THE EARTH WAS FILLED W I T H VIOLENCE.12 AND G O D SAW T H E EARTH, A N D HERE I T WAS CORRUPTED, FOR ALL FLESH H A D CORRUPTED ITS WAY O N T H E
EARTH.13 AND G O D SAID T O N O A H , " T H E END OF ALL FLESH HAS COME BEFORE ME, FOR THE EARTH IS FILLED W I T H
VIOLENCE BECAUSE OF THEM, A N D HERE I A M GOING T O DESTROY T H EM W I T H THE EARTH.14 MAKE YOURSELF A N ARK OF GOPHER WOOD, MAKE ROOMS W I TH THE ARK, A N D PITCH I T OUTSIDE A N D INSIDE
W I T H PITCH.
15 AND THIS IS HOW YOU SHALL MAKE I T : THREE HUNDRED CUBITS THE LENGTH OF THE ARK, FIFTY CUBITS ITS WIDTH,AND THIRTY CUBITS ITS HEIGHT.16 YOU SHALL MAKE A WINDOW FOR THE ARK, A N D YOU SHALL FINISH I T TO A CUBIT FROM T H E TOP, A N D YOU
SHALL MAKE A N ENTRANCE TO THE ARK I N ITS SIDE. Y O U SHALL MAKE LOWER, SECOND, A N D THIRD STORIES FORIT.
17 AND HERE I A M BRINGING THE FLOOD, WATER OVER THE EARTH, T O DESTROY ALL FLESH I N WHICH IS THE BREATHOF LIFE FROM UNDER THE HEAVENS. EVERYTHING WHICH IS O N THE L A ND WILL DIE.
18 AND I SHALL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT W I T H YOU. A N D YOU SHALL COME TO THE ARK, YOU A N D YOUR SONSAND YOUR WIFE A N D YOUR SONS' WIVES W I T H YOU.
19 AND OF A L L THE LIVING, OF ALL FLESH, YOU SHALL BRING TWO TO THE ARK T O KEEP ALIVE W I T H YOU, THEYSHALL BE MALE A ND FEMALE.
20 OF THE BIRDS ACCORDING TO THEIR KIND, A N D OF THE BEASTS ACCORDING T O THEIR KIND, A N D OF ALL THECREEPING THINGS OF THE EARTH ACCORDING T O THEIR KIND, TWO OF EACH WILL COME TO YOU T O KEEP ALIVE.
21 AND YOU, TAKE FOR YOURSELF OF ALL FOOD WHICH WILL BE EATEN A N D GATHER I T TO YOU, A N D I T WILL BEFOR YOU A N D FOR THEM FOR FOOD."
22 AND N O A H D I D ACCORDING TO ALL T H A T G O D COMMANDED HIMSO H E D I D .
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GENESIS 7:
1 And Yahweh said to Noah, "Come, you and all your household, to the ark, for 1 have seen you as righteousbefore me in this generation.
2 Of all the clean beasts, take yourself seven pairs, man and his woman; and of the beasts which are not clean,two, man and his woman.
3 Also of the birds of the heavens seven pairs, male and female, to keep alive seed on the face of the earth.
4 For in seven more days I shall rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I shall wipe out all thesubstance that I have made from upon the face of the earth."
5 And Noah did according to all that Yahweh had commanded him.
6 AND N O A H WAS SIX HUNDRED YEARS OLD, A N D T H E FLOOD WAS ON THE EARTH.7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him came to the ark from before the waters of
the flood.
8 OF THE CLEAN BEASTS A N D OF THE BEASTS WHICH WERE NOT CLEAN, A N D OF THE BIRDS A N D OF ALL THOSEWHICH CREEP UPON THE EARTH,
9 TWO OF EACH CAME TO N O A H T O THE ARK, MALE A N D FEMALE, AS G O D HAD COMMANDED N O A H .10 And seven days later the waters of the flood were on the earth.
11 I N T H E SIXHUNDREDTH YEAR OF NOAH'S LIFE, I N T H E SECOND MONTH, I N THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF THEMONTH, O N THIS DAY ALL T H E FOUNTAINS OF T H E GREAT DEEP WERE BROKEN UP, A N D T HE WINDOWS OF T H EHEAVENS WERE OPENED.
12 And there was rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights.
13 I N THIS VERY DAY, N O A H A N D SHEM, H A M , A N D JAPHETH, THE SONS OF N O A H , A N D NOAH'S WIFE A N DHIS S SONS* THREE WIVES W I T H THEM CAME TO T H E ARK,
14 THEY AND ALL THE LIVING THINGS ACCORDING TO THEIR KIND, A N D ALL THE BEASTS ACCORDING T O THEIR KIND,A N D ALL THE CREEPING THINGS THAT CREEP O N THE EARTH ACCORDING TO THEIR KIND, A N D ALL THE BIRDSACCORDING TO THEIR KIND, A N D EVERY WINGED BIRD.
15 AND THEY CAME TO N O A H TO THE ARK, TWO OF EACH, OF ALL FLESH I N W H I C H IS T H E BREATH OF LIFE.16 AND THOSE WHICH CAME WERE MALE A N D FEMALE, SOME OF ALL FLESH CAME, AS GOD HAD COMMANDED H I M .
And Yahweh closed it for him.17 And the flood was on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and the waters multiplied and raised the ark,
and it was lifted from the earth.
18 And the waters grew strong and multiplied greatly on the earth, and the ark went on the surface of thewaters.
19 And the waters grew very very strong on the earth, and they covered all the high mountains that are under
all the heavens.
20 Fifteen cubits above, the waters grew stronger, and they covered the mountains.
21 AND ALL FLESH, THOSE THAT CREEP ON THE EARTH, THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, A N D THE WILD ANIMALS, A N D A L LTHE SWARM' I N G THINGS THAT SWARM O N THE EARTH, A N D ALL THE HUMANS EXPIRED.
22 Everything that had the breathing spirit of life in its nostrils, everything that was on the dry ground, died.
23 And he wiped out all the substance that was on the face of the earth, from human to beast, to creeping
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thing, and to bird of the heavens, and they were wiped out from the earth, and only Noah and those whowere with him in the ark were left.
24 A N D T H E WATERS GREW STRONG O N THE EARTH A HUNDRED FIFTY DAYS.GENESIS 8:
1 AND G O D REMEMBERED N O A H A N D ALL T H E LIVING, A N D ALL THE BEASTS T H A T WERE W I T H H I M I N T H EARK, A N D G O D PASSED A WIND OVER THE EARTH, A N D T H E WATERS WERE DECREASED .2 A N D T H E FOUNTAINS OF THE DEEP A N D T H E WINDOWS OF THE HEAVENS WERE SHUT, and the rain was
restrained from the heavens.
3 And the waters receded from the earth continually, A N D T HE WATERS WERE ABATED A T THE END OF AHUNDRED FIFTY DAYS.
4 A N D THE ARK RESTED, I N T H E SEVENTH MONTH, I N THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF T H E MONTH, O N T H EMOUNTAINS OF ARARAT.
5 A N D THE WATERS CONTINUED RECEDING UNTIL THE TENTH MONTH; I N T H E TENTH MONTH, O N THE FIRST OF THEMONTH, THE TOPS OF T H E MOUNTAINS APPEARED.
6 And it was at the end of forty days, and Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
7 AND HE SENT OUT A RAVEN, A N D I T WENT BACK A N D FORTH UNTIL THE WATERS DRIED U P FROM THE EARTH.8 And he sent out a dove from him to see whether the waters had eased from the face of the earth.
9 And the dove did not find a resting place for its foot, and it returned to him to the ark, for waters were onthe face of the earth, and he put out his hand and took it and brought it to him to the ark.
10 And he waited seven more days, and he again sent out a dove from the ark.
11 And the dove came to him at evening time, and here was an olive leaf torn off in its mouth, and Noah knewthat the waters had eased from the earth.
12 And he waited seven more days, and he sent out a dove, and it did not return to him ever again.
13 AND I T WAS I N THE SIX HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, I N THE FIRST MONTH, O N THE FIRST OF THE MONTH, THEWATERS DRIED FROM THE EARTH.And Noah turned back the covering of the ark and looked, and here theface of the earth had dried.
14 AND I N THE SECOND MONTH, O N THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF T H E MONTH, T H E EARTH DRIED UP.15 AND GOD SPOKE TO N O A H , SAYING ,16 "GO OUT FROM THE ARK, YOU A N D YOUR WIFE A N D YOUR SONS'
WIVES W I T H YOU.17 ALL THE L I V I N G THINGS THAT ARE W I T H YOU, OF ALL FLESH, OF THE BIRDS, A N D OF THE BEASTS, A N D OF ALL
THE CREEPING THINGS THAT CREEP ON THE EARTH, THAT GO OUT W I T H YOU, SHALL SWARM I N THE EARTH A N DBE FRUITFUL A N D MULTIPLY I N THE EARTH."
18 AND N O A H A N D HIS SONS A N D HIS WIFE A N D HIS SONS' WIVES WENT OUT.19 ALL THE L I V I N G THINGS, ALL THE CREEPING THINGS A N D ALL THE BIRDS, ALL T H A T CREEP O N THE EARTH, BY
THEIR FAMILIES, THEY WENT O U T OF THE ARK.20 And Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and he took some of each of the clean beasts and of each of the clean
birds, and he offered sacrifices on the altar.
21 And Yahweh smelled the pleasant smell, and Yahweh said to his heart, " I shall not again curse the ground
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