“the anointed” (Lv. 4:3, 5, 16; 6:15; Da. 9:25 f.)38 might also be adduced.39 The meaning of high-priestly anointing is disputed. The common view to-day is that it is to be taken as a rite of cleansing and consecration rather than empowering.40 But this tends to break down on the fact that the high-priest was regarded by some as the legitimate successor of the Davidic king. The vesture of the high-priest is described in kingly terms in Ex. 28; 39.41 This is not true, however, of that of the