Abstract
Philo depicts the priests as performing the sacrifices in the Temple and receiving the offerings of the people as commanded by the Torah. In Virt. 95, Philo explicitly mentions that the offering must be given to the officiating clergy, a reference to texts such as Deut 26:12-15 and Num 18:25-32 on the offering of the tithe to the Levites. Philo describes the Bible reading as follows: Some priest who is present, or one of the elders, reads the holy laws to them and interprets them at each point. This shows that even outside the Temple the priests were respected. For Philo, the high priest is a particular symbol of the essence of Jewish worship. Thus the high priest is at the top of Philo's human hierarchy in standing before God: he represents the nation and the creation before God. Keywords:biblical text; high priest; Levites; Philo; temple
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