Yerushalmi Kiddushin 4:5 ירושלמי קידושין ד׳:ה׳

MISHNAH: One does not investigate from the altar¹⁴⁶The daughters of priests accepted for service in the Temple are automatically qualified to be married by priests. and before, or from the podium¹⁴⁷The same holds for daughters of Levitic men accepted as singers in the Temple. One has to assume that the same holds for Levites serving in other functions in the Temple. and before¹⁴⁸The Babylonian Mishnah adds: “Nor from the Synhedrion and before.” This addition is unnecessary since it is implied by the next sentence.. From every family whose ancestors were known as public officials and welfare administrators one marries into the priesthood; no investigation is necessary. Rebbi Yose says, also anybody signing as witness in the ancient archive¹⁴⁹Greek ἀρχεῖον. It seems that only select families were admitted to be notaries to certify deeds in Sepphoris. of Sepphoris. Rebbi Ḥanina ben Antigonos says, also anyone who ever was registered in the king’s army¹⁵⁰Greek στρατία..

HALAKHAH: “One does not investigate from the altar and before,” etc. It is written¹⁵¹Deut. 17:15.: “You certainly shall put a king over you.” This refers not only to a king; from where to add public officials, administrators of welfare, clerks of the court, and those who whip with a lash¹⁵²Employees of the criminal court.; from where? The verse says, “from amidst your brothers you shall appoint a king over you¹⁵¹Deut. 17:15.,” anybody whom you appoint over you shall only be from the select among your brethren¹⁵³He can be called your brother only if he belongs to your marriage group. Therefore, anybody whose daughter cannot be married by anybody, including priests, is excluded from public office. In the Babli, 76b, it is inferred from this argument that only children of a Jewish mother can be appointed to public office.. Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman in the name of Rebbi Jonathan: “Their distinguished lineage in the army in war.¹⁵⁴1Chr. 7:40. This refers to the statement of R. Ḥanina ben Antigonos and a hypothetical army of the Messiah. In the Babli, 76b, “the king’s army” is interpreted as David’s army as described in 1Chr.” The merit of their lineage supports them in war. So far from tradition¹⁵⁵Prophets and Hagiographs, which do not have standing as sources of the law.; from the words of the Torah? “No bastard shall come into the Eternal’s congregation¹⁵⁶Deut. 23:3..” “No person injured in his testicles shall come¹⁵⁷Deut. 23:2. The spelling supports the Yemenite tradition., etc.” What is written afterwards? “When you encamp against your enemies, etc.¹⁵⁸Deut. 23:10, directly after the end of the rules of exclusion from endogamous marriage. It is explicit in the Babli (Yebamot 4a) that the order of verses in Deut. is important for the correct interpretation. The implication is that only persons of impeccable lineage should be admitted to the Eternal’s army.”