The Myth of the Rope around the High Priest’s Ankle

You may have heard the story of how the high priest wore a rope around his ankle, so that, if God struck him dead in the Holy of Holies, the other priests could drag him back out.  But this story doesn't seem to have much evidence to support it.  ChristianAnswers.net discusses the matter:

Dr. W.E. Nunnally, a professor of Hebrew and early Judaism, has reported:

“The rope on the high priest legend is just that: a legend. It has obscure beginnings in the Middle Ages and keeps getting repeated. It cannot be found anywhere in the Bible, the Apocrypha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Josephus, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud, Mishna, or any other Jewish source. It just is not there.”

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