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SONGS OF THE LEVITICAL CHOIR

Prophetic Sign For The Rebuilding Of The Temple

The morning and evening services of the priesthood were accompanied by those Levites assigned to Temple worship. The Levitical choir stood in the Court of Israel facing the bronze altar of sacrifice and sang a special song each day of the week as the priest poured the morning and evening wine libations onto the altar. At three points in their song, they would pause while the priests sounded the silver trumpets and all the people in the Court would prostrate themselves before the Presence of G-d. There was a mystical significance which each song had in connection with the particular day it was sung. The six weekday songs correspond to the original six days of creation.

On Sunday, the first day of the week, they sang Psalm 24; on Monday, Psalm 48; on Tuesday, Psalm 82; on Wednesday, Psalm 94; on Thursday, Psalm 81; on Friday, Psalm 93; and on Saturday, the holy Sabbath, they sang Psalm 92.

The Jewish historian Josephus records that the Temple was destroyed on Saturday evening while the Levitical choir was in the midst of accompanying the priests in the evening Temple service. Instead of singing the Sabbath Psalm 92 which is a song for the future rectified world, they were singing Psalm 94, Wednesday's song­­ "O L-rd G-d, to whom vengeance belongs......shine forth!

The Jewish sages believe that at that moment, the Levitical choir had a prophetic revelation of the future rebuilding of the Temple. These Levites perceived that Israel's redemption, hinging on the rebuilding of the Temple, would begin again on a Wednesday, so they sang the song of Wednesday.

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