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| Sep 10, 2023 at 6:48 | comment | added | Shababnik | @Harel13 רש"י זבחים קט"ו ע"ב: From the geumara that rashi in shemot bases himself off: א"ל רב הונא הכי אמר רב אסי ופסקו - אותו היום פסקה עבודה מן הבכורות שמסיני נצטוו על הכהונה כדיליף לקמן ושמשו נדב ואביהוא כל אותה שנה ראשונה עד שהוקם המשכן ומתו: sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Zevachim.115b.6.2. The first-born service was only temporary. | |
| Sep 10, 2023 at 6:36 | comment | added | Harel13 | See Rashi on Shemot 19:22 among other sources. He states that the kehunah was originally supposed to be by the first born. | |
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| Sep 10, 2023 at 6:14 | comment | added | Shababnik | @Harel13 וַאֲנִ֞י הִנֵּ֧ה לָקַ֣חְתִּי אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֗ם מִתּוֹךְ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל תַּ֧חַת כׇּל־בְּכ֛וֹר פֶּ֥טֶר רֶ֖חֶם מִבְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהָ֥יוּ לִ֖י הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ I hereby take the Levites from among the Israelites in place of all the male first-born, the first issue of the womb among the Israelites: the Levites shall be Mine. You're thinking of the leviim... The kohanim was always supposed to be hereditary | |
| Sep 10, 2023 at 6:01 | comment | added | Harel13 | On the other hand, were the descendants of Aharon not the kohanim, the first born would have been. So your answer doesn't explain why there wasn't an earlier intent for a system that allows buying positions or volunteering. | |
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| Sep 10, 2023 at 3:47 | history | edited | Shababnik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2023 at 3:39 | history | answered | Shababnik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |