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CAPTAIN OF THE TEMPLE (; ; ): not military, but over the guard of the temple, consisting of priests and Levites (), "the priests that kept the door" (); they visited the posts by night, and saw that the sentries were on the alert. In , (Greek "Prince leader of their salvation,") the antitypical Joshua who leads us into the heavenly Canaan. The same Greek in , "the Author," rather "Prince leader of our faith." , "Prince of life."