As to custody of the records of priestly families, Josephus, in his work Against Apion, stated that his nation gave the task to “men of the highest character. ”
یهودیانی که به خانوادهٔ کاهنان تعلّق نداشتند ،‏ باید نامشان را در شهرهای آبا و اجدادیشان ثبت می‌کردند .‏