interesting the rabbinic argument about putting hands on sacrifices
the laying of hands on those set apart for service Acts 13
Paul's talk about presenting yourself as a "living sacrifice" for service Romans 12
also,
Manahem's students in silk (sic) robes - possibly white (?) and I'd assume expensive
(upper class Jewish males - Levites?, maybe Zadoks ??? don't really know)
" all the priests and Levites that accompanied the ark were clothed in
white linen. The outer garments corresponded with the cleanness, the holiness, and the joy. So the white-robed multitude are represented as singing with palms in their hands, indicating the holiness and the joy,"
F. Whitfield on 1 Chronicles 15
Jesus' tunic that was too valuable to divide into pieces John 19, Psalm 22:19
(I assume a gift to Him, and since His baptism He is now in a priestly role - and who will be a Sacrifice)
"People in various parts of the world began weaving linen at least several thousand years ago. It was also recovered from Qumran Cave 1 near the Dead Sea..."
en.wikipedia.org
the early patriarch testaments seem to talk about Messiah coming from Judah,...and related to Levi
"do not rebel against Levi and Judah..."
"Elizabeth (Mary's relative) was the mother of
John the Baptist and the wife of
Zechariah..." - Wikipedia
Zechariah and John involved with the School of prophets
Annas and Caiaphas eventually taking over that tradition/enterprise for themselves
Essene hostility toward them and John's dealing with Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great
group of prophets (now believers in Jesus) being at early Church center Antioch