Friday, October 17, 2008

Priestly Blessing at Western Wall

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017555159&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

3 comments:

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Grandpa Enoch said...

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S.Faux said...

Thanks for pointing this out, Grandpa Enoch.

The Priestly benediction comes from Numbers 6:24-26. These words are inscribed on an ancient metal (silver) scroll dating to the mid-7th century in Jerusalem, roughly contemporaneous with Lehi. See my essay: Ancient Metal Writing.