True in Mosaic OT times under the mosaic law (in the tabernacle and the temple).
However, in the NT under the Higher law we have record of Paul (tribe of Benjamin) and other Non-levites worshipping in the Temple.
Acts 24:17-18 Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation, 18 in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple NKJV
>>>Since ONLY the Levitical Priesthood was allowed to practice the administration of the Temple,
>>True in Mosaic OT times under the mosaic law (in the tabernacle and the temple). However, in the NT under the Higher law we have record of Paul (tribe of Benjamin) and other Non-levites worshipping in the Temple.
Hogwash and baloney. The Temple of Paul’s (and Jesus’s) day had successive courts, with increasingly limited access.
The outermost was the Court of the Gentiles. Anyone could enter there.
Next came the Court of Women. Any Israelite could go into it.
Then the Court of Israel. Only Jewish men could enter.
They came the areas where only Levites could enter, followed by those restricted to priests.
Finally only the High Priest entered the Most Holy, and he only once a year.
The “Jews from Asia” started a riot by claiming that Paul brought gentiles through the Court of the Gentiles and Court of Women into the Court of Israel. He hadn’t, of course.
Finally, while the NT may have made changes in the status of individuals, these were certainly not recognized by the Jewish non-Christian administration of the Temple at the time in question.