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Aphses
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or, rather, PIZ'ZEZ (Heb., Pitstsets', פַּצֵּוֹ , dispersion, with the art., הִפַּצֵּוֹ, hap-Pitsets; Sept. Ἀφεσσή v. r. Ἀφεσή; Vulg. Aphses), the head of the eighteenth sacerdotal family of the twenty-four into which the priests were divided by David for the service of the Temple (1 Chronicles 24:15). B.C. 1014.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Aphses'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/aphses.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.