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Aaronic Blessing keychain - Archeology related
Aaronic Blessing keychain - Archeology related
Aaronic Blessing keychain.
Has the verses of Numbers 6:23-27 on it.
The shape of the keychain is significant.
It is the shape of the parchment found by archeologists in Jerusalem
and it contains the oldest surviving biblical text in the world from the 6th century BCE.
The parchment contained Priestly blessing on this keychain.
The article is below if you wish to read it.
https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/198069
Copy of the text:
These two silver amulets bear the oldest copies of biblical text known to us today. They are some five hundred years older than the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The amulets, inscribed with ancient Hebrew script, were found rolled into tiny scrolls in a burial cave in Jerusalem. They were incised with a sharp, thin stylus, no thicker than a hair’s breadth, and thus deciphering the inscription was difficult. The lower part of the inscription has been identified as a version of Numbers 6:24-26: “The Lord bless and protect you. The Lord deal kindly and graciously with you. The Lord bestow his favor upon you and grant you peace.” This formula, which found its way into the Jewish liturgy, is known as the Priestly Benediction.