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# Only the high priest was ever to enter the Holy of Holies, and then only on the Day of Atonement (on the tenth day of the seventh month), and he must have a tether attached to his body so that, if he had given offense and been killed, the other priests could drag him out. ({{Bible ref|book=Leviticus|chap=10|verses=1-11}}, {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=34-40}})<ref name=Ussher4>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pghh. 204-228</ref>
# Only the high priest was ever to enter the Holy of Holies, and then only on the Day of Atonement (on the tenth day of the seventh month), and he must have a tether attached to his body so that, if he had given offense and been killed, the other priests could drag him out. ({{Bible ref|book=Leviticus|chap=10|verses=1-11}}, {{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=34-40}})<ref name=Ussher4>Ussher, ''op. cit.'', pghh. 204-228</ref>
Aaron's surviving sons were the progenitors of the [[Kohanim]], the sacerdotal caste of Israelites who alone were responsible, or even authorized, for offering sacrifices in the [[Tabernacle]] and later the Temple.
Aaron's surviving sons were the progenitors of the Kohanim, the sacerdotal caste of Israelites who alone were responsible, or even authorized, for offering sacrifices in the [[Tabernacle]] and later the Temple.
== Questioning authority ==
== Questioning authority ==