Mesorat%20hashas for Kiddushin 138:7
אלא למאן דאמר העלום הא מיזהר זהירי נהי דאיזהור בפסולים בכשירים לא איזדהור
- Granted that they were known to that gener - ation, they were not known to another generation. On the view that they went up, it is well: hence it is written: And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I viewed [i.e., scrutinized] the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezra VIII, 15. He had to scrutinize them, since those of inferior descent voluntarily joined them.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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