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An Order Concerning Supplies and a Reference to the Temple of YHWH
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To my lord Elyashib: May YHWH seek your welfare! And now, give to Shemaryahu an x-measure and to the Kerosite give a y-measure. And as for the matter which you commanded me, it is well. He (it?) is…

Places:

Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)

Date:

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Military, Food and drink, Temple, Monotheism, Archaeology, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Tefillin
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In Jewish tradition, the command to “bind them [God’s words] as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead” is understood as requiring passages from the Torah to be written on…

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Qumran, Land of Israel (Khirbat Qumrān, Israel)

Date:

Second Temple Period

Subjects:

Ritual objects, Monotheism, Archaeology, Law

Categories:

Law, Biblical law, Ritual Objects
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