The centralized house of Yahweh where sacrifice must be offered, making priestly control a political resource.
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Temple of Jerusalem
The centralized house of Yahweh where sacrifice must be offered, making priestly control a political resource.
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David centralizes authority by centralizing religious ritual in Jerusalem: Yahweh's temple controls sacrifice, and priests control the sacrifice process.
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"...So what he did was this. He made his new capital Jerusalem and he built something called the Temple of Jerusalem which became the..."
"...Byzantine Empire, which are Syria and Egypt. They will also take Jerusalem, where they will build something called the Alam, or the Temple of..."
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