VIII. JOSEPH, the son of Ellem, was for one day substituted in the room of the High-Priest Matthias; because while the latter was dreaming in the night, he imagined that he was lying with a woman and polluted himself. This pollution rendring him incapable, according to the law, of performing his functions Joseph his relation was for that day c. 8. p. 597. Deut. xxiii. 10. Levit. xxii. 4, 5. Joseph. Antiq. l. 17.appointed to exercise them for him.
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