However, priesthood goes back much farther, way before Exodus 32 and the ordination of the Levites to the service of Yahweh ... These two Hebrew words are only used together elsewhere in Scripture ...

The letters, Stone explains, spell out a profound biblical message. They include “Yah” (a shortened form of Yahweh), along with the name “Ephraim.” In Hebrew, Ephraim means “fruitful,” and Stone ...