Additionally, “since the offices of priest and Levite were hereditary... it was of the greatest importance that the purity of line remain unblemished, ” states scholar Joachim Jeremias.
Turklāt, ” tā kā priestera un levīta stāvoklis bija mantojams.., bija ārkārtīgi svarīgi saglabāt izcelsmes tīrību ”, rakstīja zinātnieks Joahims Jeremiass.