Topic Overview
Ketef Hinnom Silver Scroll
Ketef Hinnom Silver Scroll (Interactive 3D Priestly Blessing Amulet • Numbers 6:24–26 ): Tiny rolled silver amulet excavated by Gabriel Barkay in 1979 in a late First Temple burial cave overlooking the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem . Etched in Paleo-Hebrew script, it preserves the oldest known surviving text from the Hebrew Bible: the Aaronic Priestly Blessing of Numbers 6:24–26 . It is closely linked with Ketef Hinnom Silver Scroll (KH2) — Priestly Blessing ( Numbers 6:24–26 ) (IMAGE • archaeology): Seventh-century BCE rolled silver amulet discovered in a burial cave overlooking the Valley of Hinnom , preserving the earliest known citation of biblical scripture.
