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None of these texts implies that prayer was part of the temple cult; lay Jews prayed at and toward the temple, but the temple liturgy consisted of sacrifices, not prayer. Neither Leviticus nor Numbers nor Deuteronomy nor Ezekiel mentions prayer as an integral part of the sacrificial cult.
From the Maccabees to the Mishnah
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