The office of Principal Sojourner derives historically and allegorically from the leader and spokesman of the three sojourners who returned from captivity in Babylon to Jerusalem to assist in rebuilding the Temple. According to Masonic tradition, these figures returned to aid Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and Haggai, and their work amidst the ruins led to the discovery of the subterranean vault and the stone of foundation.
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