Repetitive Language as a Source of Law
Every man among the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall not be qualified to offer the Lord gifts; having a blemish, he shall not be qualified to offer the food of his God (Leviticus 21:21): Whence regarding the black-skinned [lit., Kushite] and the blotchy [giḥer], and the albino, and the hunchback and the midget, and the deaf…
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Sources of the Law, According to the Ancient Rabbis
1st–6th Centuries
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