Levites

Levites officiated in the Jerusalem temple during the feast of feasts, combining vacation pleasures with solemn religious worship, including sacrifices, chants, and trumpet blasts. 162:4.2-4

The priests and Levites sent a delegation to John the Baptist to inquire if he claimed to be the Messiah and by whose authority he preached, to which John responded with a quote from the prophet Isaiah. 135:6.6

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Silvery trumpet blasts 162:4.2 — Nm 10:1-7.
• Delegation's inquiry 135:6.6 — Jn 1:19-27.
• John's reply 135:6.6 — Is 40:3-5; Mt 3:3; Mk 1:2-3; Lk 3:4-5; Jn 1:23.

Where it appears

Levites is linked in 3 paragraphs of the text.

See also

• Jerusalem temple
• Judaism
• Sanhedrin

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