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...long-sleeved white coat and a white cap (&nbsp;Exodus 28:40-43). The high priest’s clothing, by contrast, was both distinctive and colourful. </p> ...from Scriptural teaching cannot be claimed. The minister was regarded as a priest in no other sense than was every disciple. Every disciple had access throug

...tter office ceased to be hereditary, and was often bought and sold. A high priest could be deposed, and another appointed for political purposes. One reason ...e sacerdoce levitique </i> (important); W. Baudissin, article "Priests and Levites" in <i> Hdb </i> , IV, for mediating views. The best account in English of

...ointment accords with the divine origin of the Jewish law. Jehovah praises Levites as to the past: "My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave the ...; Ezra 3:8-12 . After the revolt of the ten tribes, a large portion of the Levites abandoned their cities in Israel, and dwelt in Judah, &nbsp;2 Chronicles 11

...[Urim]] and [[Thummim]] (Light and Perfection), all point to the true High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. Aaron's descendants, to the number of 3,700 fightin ...her [[Order]] than his, namely, that of MELCHIZIDECK. See [[Calf]] , See [[Priest]] , See [[Type]] , See [[Ephod]] , See [[Breastplate]] , See [[Urim]] . </p

...irst tithe, to be expended at the tabernacle or temple in entertaining the Levites, his own family, etc., changing it first into money, if on account of his r ...al tithe or a third tenth was to be eaten in company with the poor and the Levites. </p> <p> (These tithes in early times took the place of our modern taxes,

.... Probably the sense is: "in the days of Ahimelech, who was afterward high priest," and under whom the record of the fact would be made. Perhaps too the loav ...mere <i> lapsus memoriae </i> or <i> calami </i> , Abiathar, David’s high priest, being a much more familiar figure than his father, just as in &nbsp;Jeremi

...k appears in Judah (&nbsp;Matthew 1:14). </p> <p> '''5.''' Son of Immer, a priest; repaired over against his own house (&nbsp;Nehemiah 3:29); of the 16th cou ...ealed the covenant (&nbsp; Nehemiah 10:21 ). <strong> 8 </strong> . A high priest later than 1 (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 6:12 [cf. &nbsp; Ezra 7:2 , &nbsp; Nehemi

...cus]]; [[Melchizedek]]; [[Offerings And Sacrifices]]; [[Oil]]; [[Christ As Priest]]; [[Tabernacle]]; [[Temple]] </p> <p> <i> Bibliography </i> . J. Baehr, <i ...and Victim in His own person, and, being perfected, is now the great High Priest above for the Christian. &nbsp;Hebrews 4:14-16 . See AARONIC PRIESTHOOD. </

High Priest <ref name="term_7426" /> ...cerdoce levitique dans la loi et dans l'histoire des Hebreux </i> . On the high-priesthood subsequent to the return from Babylon, see B. Pick, <i> Lutheran

...whole people. </p> <p> The Yoma in the [[Mishna]] informs us that the high priest on the day of atonement performed all the ordinary duties, as lighting the ...Version.] ), even ‘into heaven itself,’ where He remains, our great High [[Priest]] and [[Intercessor]] (&nbsp; Hebrews 7:25 f.). </p> <p> A. R. S. Kennedy.

...that night of legalism in later Jewish religion in which the formalism of priest, Pharisee, and scribe, to which apostolic teaching was antithetical, had de ...odus 30:12-16), but, etc. As "Christ offered Himself to God" He was a real priest, having "somewhat to offer" (&nbsp;Hebrews 8:3); but if He had only a figur

...sand square miles, including the holy portion for the prince, priests, and Levites, i.e., nearly as large as all [[Judaea]] W. of Jordan. Again, the half of t ...Rules are laid down to ensure their ceremonial purity. The office of high priest is not recognized. And there is no real king. In ch. 37 the ruler, of David

...ch followed it, when universal approach to God was thrown open by ‘another priest, who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after t ...oses in &nbsp;Numbers 20 . </p> <p> Then after the death of Aaron the high priest, which is the proper end of responsibility and its testing, we have a secon

...high priest was "chief governor in the house of Jehovah"; then the second priest; then the 24 "governors of the sanctuary and of the house of God" (&nbsp;Je .... 834. </p> <p> 5. Second priest, or '''sagan''' , to [[Seraiah]] the high priest. &nbsp;Jeremiah 29:25-29; &nbsp;2 Kings 25:18. </p> <p> 6. Son of Paseach,

...]] </strong> , &nbsp; Ezra 10:18 . &nbsp; Ezra 10:6 <strong> . </strong> A priest (&nbsp; Ezra 8:33 , &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:42 , 1Es 8:63 ). <strong> 7. </stron ...nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:21-22; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:28). </p> <p> '''5.''' A priest at Nehemiah's feast of dedication (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:42). </p> <p> '''6.'''

...[[Babylon]] with Zerubbabel. &nbsp;Nehemiah 7:7. </p> <p> 21. One of the [[Levites]] who assisted Ezra in instructing the people in the knowledge of the law. ...8:7 ( <strong> Azarias </strong> , 1Es 9:48 ), one of those who helped the Levites to ‘cause the people to understand the law.’ <strong> 23 </strong> .&nb

...spoil he hasteth to the prey".) The other witness was Uriah, or Urijah, a priest, whom Urijah used as his tool in copying the [[Damascus]] altar. (See [[Uri ...13. A Shilonite, descendant of Perez. &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:5. </p> <p> 14. A priest, son of Pashur. &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:12. </p> <p> 15. The representative of th

...e daily "sacrifice (&nbsp;Daniel 9:27) ceased" from want of an officiating priest, and Titus again in vain invited to a surrender. On July 15th a soldier, co ...e confusion following his death, which was fomented by [[Ananus]] the high priest, Agrippa II. intervened, and Ananus was displaced, but not before James, th

...nd among the Judæan villages. The ‘holy seed’ (including even priests and Levites) had ‘mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands,’ and ‘the han ...rom God. During this time Ezra was born, and he grew up to be trained as a priest and a scribe. [[Scribes]] were people skilled in writing who made copies of

...ifixion of Jesus show, to say the least, irregularities for which only the high priests (cf. Jos. Ant. VIII. iii. 3, ‘the foremost men’) were responsib ...s regards the <em> composition </em> of the Sanhedrin, the hereditary high priest stood at the head of it, and in its fundamental character it formed a sacer

...he maintenance of the [[Temple]] services and of the attendant priests and Levites. Now there can be no doubt that the apostles and those who spent themselves ...n in this world gain thereby (&nbsp;Proverbs 3:9-10). [[Azariah]] the high priest told Hezekiah: "since the people began to bring the offerings into the hous

...s countrymen, he governed without fear or partiality, correcting abuses in high places, and himself setting a bright example of unselfishness and princely .... He had respect for the sabbath, the [[Temple]] and its institutions, the Levites, and tithing. </p> <p> Nehemiah was an unusual person. Nehemiah was a man o

...ied in this statement, and it is very improbable that a friend of the high priest would be anything but a Sadducee. There is a possibility, then, that the au ...ean" so as to be judges in capital trials; also &nbsp;Acts 5:17, "the high-priest, and all that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees." Besides t

...that Moses could have acted without the official mediation of the official priest. </p> <p> 6. Summary </p> <p> Reasons of space preclude a further discussio

...iving from: <ol> <li> One-tenth of the tithes which the people paid to the Levites (&nbsp;Numbers 18:26-28 ); </li> <li> a special tithe every third year (&nb

...service, which had been neglected in his predecessor's reign, "he set the Levites in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, ac ...(&nbsp;1 Kings 4:32). In the procession accompanying the ark to Zion, the Levites led by Chenaniah, "master of the song," played cornets, trumpets, cymbals,

...). See Hophni and Phinehas. 3.&nbsp; Ezra 8:33 &nbsp;Ezra 8:33 father of a priest named Eleazar; = 1Es 8:62 Peter <strong> hinees </strong> . </p> <p> A. H. ...n Mount Ephraim which bore his name. After Eleazar's death, he became high priest - the third of the series. In this capacity, he is introduced as giving the

...is terrible warning on the survivors of Korah was that the family attained high distinction subsequently. Samuel was a [[Korhite]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:22 ...sons of Levi. Their complaint against Moses is different from that of the Levites, and insinuated that Moses aimed at being a prince over them. They were swa

...m a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites, and he shall read therein all his life," i.e. he shall have a copy written ...nd brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Ma

...the sabbath, and also Goliath's sword wrapped up in cloth behind the high priest's own ephod (shoulder dress), so precious a dedicatory offering was it deem ...bat with any Israelite who will come out and face him, but in spite of the high reward offered by the king to any one who will slay him namely, great riche

...like in all ages, there must have been at least isolated individuals, more high-souled than the masses around them, who strove to live up to the light they ...y and morality of the Pentateuch, which argues not only its truth, but its high original; for how else are we to account for a system like that of Moses, i

...person in both. <strong> 5 </strong> . &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 19:11 , a high priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. <strong> 6 </strong> . &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 31: ...of the sons of Bani , in the time of Ezra. &nbsp;Ezra 10:42 </p> <p> 6. A priest who returned with Zerubbabel. &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:3; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:2; &nb

...c (Mishna); compare &nbsp;Revelation 8:5. On the day of atonement the high priest, after offering the bullock for himself, took incense in his left hand and ...30:7-9; &nbsp;Numbers 3:10). This restriction prompted [[Korah]] and other Levites to rebel against Moses and Aaron. Moses tested them by telling them to burn

...f Deut., to the fact that it deeply influenced the thought of Ezekiel. The priest-prophet preserved a book to which he owed so much; and it is not impossible ...he blood was used to cleanse the sanctuary of any sin and uncleanness. The priest then took the other goat, the scapegoat, and confessed the sin of the peopl

...ly breaks the connexion of 26 and 28, and as evidently is composite. The [[Levites]] in &nbsp;Leviticus 27:14 ff. carry out what in &nbsp; Leviticus 27:12 ff. ...ce, the long-forgotten document came to light and was given to Hilkiah the priest. Hilkiah, however, upon examination of the document found it difficult to r

...typological interpretation, demonstrated Jesus Christ as the greater high priest (chaps. 5,7), the more perfect temple (chap. 9), and the ultimate sacrifice ...y lengthened this time of penitence and fasting, as a preparation for that high and joyful festival. In these churches they were more inclined to take up a

...ed with frankincense, when it was ready for presentation at the altar. The priest took off all the frankincense, then removed a handful of the dough, which h ...Christ, however, physical sacrifice became unnecessary. As the temple and priest of God, the believer now has the responsibility for offering acceptable spi

...n king (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:1 ) </p> <p> E. [[Ordering]] the priests and Levites and princes for service (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:2-27:34 ) </p> <p> F. Chargi ...l’s [[Baalism]] spread from the north into Judah (21:1-23:21), priests and Levites were again leaders in the reform that got rid of it, the king on this occas

...e temple had been neglected; for the tithes had been withheld, so that the Levites had to go to their fields for support. The sabbath was also desecrated, wor ..., <em> i.e </em> . Darius iii. Codomannus (reigned b.c. 335 331). The high priest [[Jaddua]] mentioned in &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:11 is known from Josephus to hav

...local elders in the administration of justice. But subsequently, when the Levites withdrew from the kingdom of the ten tribes, judicial elders probably again ...1 Chronicles 23:4; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:29 ). [[Jehoshaphat]] organized a high court of justice (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 19:8 ). The prophets often complain bi

...echariah by God's command took silver and gold to make crowns for the high priest Joshua's head. </p> ...ng the Passover. This gave him the opportunity to organize the priests and Levites according to the order set out by David. He wanted to make sure that the en

...esentative of the house of Ezra. &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:13. </p> <p> 19. Also a priest, at the same time as '''Meshullam, 18''' , and head of the priestly family ....''' A chief sent by Ezra (&nbsp;Ezra 8:16-21, etc.) to [[Iddo]] to gather Levites to join the caravan returning to Jerusalem. </p> <p> '''11.''' &nbsp;Ezra 1

...the law should be made for the king distract from that of the priests and Levites, imply a paucity of readers and of copies (compare &nbsp;2 Chronicles 17:9; ...miah 29:5 <strong> , &nbsp; Jeremiah 29:6 </strong> <strong> . </strong> [[Levites]] of the clan of [[Merari]] (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 6:45; &nbsp; 1 Chronicles

...“In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high” (1 Kings 6:23, RSV). </p> <p> A related noun <em> mishman </em> appears ...nksgivings. &nbsp;Leviticus 7:15. Sin-offerings were presented by the high priest for personal offences, for national sins, and on the great day of atonement

...elamite, a false prophet at Babylon, who wrote urging Zephaniah the deputy priest to show his gratitude to God for his promotion to Jehoiada's place by exerc ...dedication of the wall (&nbsp; Nehemiah 12:34 ). <strong> 22 </strong> . A priest, descendant of [[Asaph]] (&nbsp; Nehemiah 12:35 ). <strong> 23 </strong> .

...Shoemaker </p> <p> <i> See also </i> [[Christology Christ]]; [[Priesthood Priest]]; [[Tabernacle]]; [[Temple]] </p> <p> <i> Bibliography </i> . J. Baehr, <i ...-s-evangelical-dictionary-of-biblical-theology/priest,+christ+as Christ As Priest from Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology]</ref>

...mory (&nbsp;1 Kings 10:17), &nbsp;1 Kings 10:100 cubits long, 50 broad, 30 high, on four rows of cedar pillars and hewn cedar beams over the pillars. There ...own worship, a necessary concession, but shared in it; the memory of his ‘high places,’ within sight of his own Temple, was preserved in the name ‘Mou

...n the most significant. The list of cities describes the dispersion of the Levites who were not employed at the large sanctuaries, had no steady income, and w <p> <strong> [[Levitical Cities]] </strong> See [[Priests]] and Levites, § d. </p>

...sed in dedicating sacrifices (&nbsp;Leviticus 1:4), and in setting apart [[Levites]] (&nbsp;Numbers 8:10). Similarly our Lord blessed by laying on of hands (& ...but every one was to have a church, whereof he was to be ordained clerk or priest. In the twelfth century they grew more remiss, and ordained without any tit

...n Judea and to ensure that they were collected. It was not long before the high priesthood became a political appointment, which was unfortunate for Jews a ...ition was less honourable and less independent than that of king. The high priest (now appointed by the Romans) and the Sanhedrin regained the power which th

...ned one hundred and twenty-two high priests; affirmed that the Jews had no high priests of the race of Phinehas; and that the Jews belied them in calling t ...of the captive priests to teach them, "how they should fear the Lord." The priest came accordingly, and henceforth, in the language of the sacred historian,

...carried on the Levites' shoulders, not in a carriage. </p> <p> Even the [[Levites]] (&nbsp;Ezekiel 25:15) were not to touch it, on pain of death. Instead of ...learn moreover the blessedness of our privileges, in having such an High [[Priest]] as the Lord Jesus, in whom, and through whom, we have access to a mercy s

...stborn; this applies also to those whose wives are daughters of priests or Levites.] in the modern service of prayer of thanksgiving for women after recovery ...not appointed. (&nbsp;Numbers 1:47; Num 3:12-13) And, wherefore, among the Levites this exemption, for it is evident our Lord sprang out of Judah? The whole o

...aur. vol. 13; Carpzov, Appar. p. 89 sq.; Reland, Ant. Sac. 2, 4 sq. (See [[Priest]]). </p>

...sed to Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel also restored the courses of the priests and Levites, and appointed for them, the singers, and the porters, maintenance (&nbsp;E ...we learn from Scripture are the restoration of the courses of priests and Levites and of the provision for their maintenance, according to the institution of

...the ecclesiastical character of the population of Jerusalem, that it was a priest and a [[Levite]] who first passed the man lying wounded and bleeding on the .../strong> , either within its own precincts, as in most cities of note (see High Place), or on an adjoining height (&nbsp; 1 Samuel 9:12 ff.). With due reli

...lain at the entering of the horse gate by the king's house. Mattan, Baal's priest, was the only other person slain. Her usurpation lasted 883-877 B.C. As she ...stors, and procure the destruction of Athaliah, he engaged the priests and Levites, and the leading men in all the parts of the kingdom in his interest, and i

...ews 6:17) to reconcile God's justice as a king with His love as father and priest. Only by being pardoned by His priestly atonement and ruled by His kingly l ...&nbsp; Nehemiah 12:24 . &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:6 <strong> . </strong> The high priest who along with Zerub. headed the first band of exiles. In Ezr. and Neb. he

...which the rabbies have given special directions. The eighth and ninth are high days, particularly the last, which is called the day of the rejoicing of th ...l of Greece, and the Jews exposed to the basest treatment. Mattathias, the priest, with his sons, chiefly Judas, Jonathan, and Simon, who were called Maccabe

..., chief of the father's house of Jedaiah, in the time of Joiakim, the high priest. &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:19. (B.C. about 500). </p> <p> 7. One of the priests who ...high priesthood of [[Joiakim]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:19). </p> <p> '''7.''' A priest who assisted Nehemiah at the dedication of the wall (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:42).

...ations, extinguishes persecutions, consoles the faint-spirited, cheers the high-spirited, escorts travellers, appeases waves, makes robbers stand aghast, n ...job description (&nbsp;Joel 2:17 ). Compare &nbsp;1 Samuel 2:25 . The high priest's task was to make atonement for the people (&nbsp;Leviticus 16:1 ). </p> <

...re the children sat on the ground, or on low benches, and the teacher on a high chair. At first the child would be exercised in ‘the rudiments,’ τὰ ...henceforth to regulate its whole life, not according to the living word of priest and prophet, but according to the requirements of a written law, it was ind

...ht with the multitude that if they said aught against the king or the high-priest it was immediately believed, whereas the Sadducees could gain only the rich ...d for piety, learning, and strict observance of the Law. They were held in high esteem among the people (Jos. Ant. XIII. x. 5, 6, XVII. ii. 4). Almost up t

...en. </p> <p> <b> 2. </b> στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ, the commandant of the Temple Levites. Josephus mentions the ‘captain’ (στρατηγός) of the [[Levitica ...e "chief captain" of the Temple, himself a Levite, having command of the [[Levites]] who kept guard in and around the Temple, &nbsp;Luke 22:4,52; &nbsp;Acts 4

...bes and families is a divine indication that Christ the antitypical High [[Priest]] and the [[Heir]] of David's throne having come supersedes the polity of t ...exercise their priesthood any more; and that, "till there shall stand up a priest with Urim and Thummim," amounts to the same as the Roman proverb, <em> ad G

...<p> "to minister in priestly service" (akin to hierourgos, "a sacrificing priest," a word not found in the Sept. or NT: from hieros, "sacred," and ergon, "w ...lied, especially in its verbal form, to the ritual ministry of priests and Levites in the sanctuary, and so by NT times had come to connote the idea of a prie

...f Ithamar. The high priesthood in Eli's person (probably on account of the high qualities for which he was made judge) passed to the line of Ithamar, but r ...ngest son of Aaron and [[Elisheba]] (&nbsp; Exodus 6:23 etc.); consecrated priest (&nbsp; Exodus 28:1 ff.); forbidden to mourn for Nadab and [[Abihu]] (&nbsp

...he propagation of religious knowledge among the people-a work begun by the Levites (&nbsp;Nehemiah 8:7; &nbsp;Nehemiah 9:5, &nbsp;2 Chronicles 19:8; &nbsp;2 C ...uncing <em> the priestly benediction </em> , &nbsp; Numbers 6:24-26; if no priest was present, it is said that a layman gave the blessing in the form of a pr

...sp;Micah 1:6) "I will make Samaria as an heap" was therefore earlier. The "high places" (&nbsp;Micah 1:5) probably allude to those in Jotham's and Ahaz' re ...d, "Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest." The [[Danites]] however, seeking a larger inheritance, sent spies to the

...ed for ever, and also have access to the holiest, because the great high [[Priest]] has entered in. </p> <p> In the [[N.T.]] offerings are also alluded to in

...explain the other. Nor should it be forgotten that, side by side with His high conception of the love of God, Jesus ascribed supreme importance to the Div ...anently establish the renewed covenant. He did this by becoming the High [[Priest]] who offered himself as the [[Passover]] Lamb. He capsulized all this by h

...rsant with Persian affairs use the word <i> magus </i> as synonymous with ‘priest’ (Apul. <i> Apol. </i> i. 25, 26; cf. Strabo, pp. 732, 733; Philo, <i> Qu ...y branded him as an impostor. Let it then be remembered, that as "the Most High ruleth in the kingdoms of men," he often overrules great political events f

...p> On this part of the subject, (See [[Festival]]); (See [[King]]); (See [[Priest]]); (See [[Tabernacle]]); (See [[Sacrifice]]), etc. </p> <p> '''III.''' ''D

...in the reign of Josiah. &nbsp;2 Chronicles 35:9. (B.C. 628). </p> <p> 8. A priest of the family of Pashur, in the time of Ezra, who married a foreign wife. ( ...] when [[Joiakim]] was high priest (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:21 ). </p> <p> 10. A priest, one of Asaph's associates, who played a trumpet, in dedicating the rebuild

...3). Moses tells us that all the words of this law he wrote and gave to the Levites to be put in the side of the ark at the one time (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 31:9; & ...s people. It calls to faith and action in response to God's acts. It holds high the belief in the uniqueness of God as the only God without rivals. Thus it

...f himself. His projected night pursuit was consequently prevented; for the priest met his proposal, which was well received by the people, by suggesting that ...Samuel 14:18 is (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] <em> [[Ahiah]] </em> ), a priest, son of Ahitub, who had charge of the oracular ephod and consulted it for S

...people as a whole ‘make a sure covenant and write it. And our princes, our Levites, and our priests seal unto it’ (&nbsp; Nehemiah 9:38 ). That this Canon i ...rangement and completion of the canon accounts for Ezra's honorable title "priest" becoming merged in that of" scribe." "The synagogue of scribes" (&nbsp;1 M

...st-born of the other tribes were to be redeemed at a valuation made by the priest, not exceeding five shekels, from serving God in that capacity. &nbsp;Numbe ..., </p> <p> &nbsp; Exodus 13:11-16 &nbsp; 22:29; and the firstborn son of a priest succeeded his father in the priestly office. Among the sons of Jacob, Reube

...4:6 ). The rejoicing community included family, servants, widows, orphans, Levites, and sojourners (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 16:13-15 ). </p> <p> The feast began on ...a sheaf of the first-fruits of the barley-harvest was to be brought to the priest to be waved before Jehovah, accompanied by a burnt-offering. Till this shea

...riesthood and ecclesiastical interests in the court consisting of priests, Levites, and chief men, over which they jointly presided, and which decided all cau ...8. Son of Michael: he returned from exile. &nbsp; Ezra 8:8 . </p> <p> 9. [[Priest]] who had married a strange wife. &nbsp; Ezra 10:20 . </p>

...s, cleft by the Jabbok, on the E. Manasseh, brother of [[Jaddua]] the high priest, married the daughter of Sanballat the Cuthaean (&nbsp;2 Kings 17:24), who

...hemiah 13:29, "they have defiled the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites." Thus the closing chapter of Old Testament history is the key of the last ...el who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon and Persia in 536 B.C. came with high hopes. In &nbsp;Isaiah 40-55 the prophet painted a future for those repatri

...st.] (&nbsp; Exodus 18:12 ff.), it was Jethro, the Kenite or [[Midianite]] priest, who initiated them into the rite and mediated the covenant. After this the ...nd the kingdom God was to bring to ever fuller manifestation. </p> <p> The high points, as exhibited in the covenant with David, his victories, his just an

...easure of four inches a palm applied chiefly to horses as a horse 14 hands high. 4. Side part right or left as on the one hand or the other. This is admitt ...asseh, when he gave them his last blessing, &nbsp;Genesis 48:14 . The high priest stretched out his hands to the people, as often as he recited the solemn fo

...&nbsp;Nehemiah 4:6) were in league with him. His daughter married the high-priest Eliashib's grandson, Joiada's son; therefore Nehemiah chased him from him ( ...rusalem. The only other incident in his life is his alliance with the high priest's family, by the marriage of his daughter, with one of the grandsons of Eli

...ey and brown and lilac, broken by the most violently brilliant splashes of high colour, where a water-spring flings a patch of lush green vegetation upon t ...spot in Sicily. It forms tufts of triangled smooth stems, six to ten feet high, crowned by atop of pendulous threads; it abounds by the lake of Tiberius.

...t-born of the other tribes were to be redeemed, at a valuation made by the priest not exceeding five shekels, from serving God in that capacity, &nbsp;Number ...s sacrifices, were either to be redeemed according to the valuation of the priest, with the addition of one fifth of the value, and then remain with their ow

...135 104), with the legend in minute old Hebrew characters: ‘John, the high priest, and the commonwealth ( <em> or </em> the executive) of the Jews.’ The ti ...r example, annual interest rates on silver in Mesopotamia were attested as high as 80 percent. There was a stage when the interest on monetary loans was le

...Haggai 2:13; &nbsp;Matthew 23:27; &nbsp;Luke 11:44 ). The case of the high priest and of the [[Nazarite]] (&nbsp;Leviticus 21:1-4,10,11; &nbsp;Numbers 6:6,7; ...of inward purity before admission into God's presence. (See [[Leper]] ; [[Priest; Birth; Nazarite]] ) &nbsp;Leviticus 11:25; &nbsp;Leviticus 11:40; &nbsp;Le

...ration from the worship of Jehovah, and sent princes with [[Phinehas]] the priest to protest against it, but on hearing the explanation given, they were sati ...ven smaller tribes then received their tribal allotments (18:1-19:51). The Levites, who had no tribal area of their own, were given towns in all the other tri

...g> [[Loddeus]] </strong> ) the chief at Casiphia, who provided Ezra with [[Levites]] and Nethinim. <strong> 2. </strong> &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 27:21 son of Zech ...t Casiphia, to whom Ezra sent for Levites. &nbsp;Ezra 8:17 . </p> <p> 7. [[Priest]] who returned from exile. &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:4,16 . </p>

...ss for pardon and life, in whose fellowship we are raised to high rank and high responsibility. We sit in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. Sin against gr ...orever. Jesus was the fulfillment of the Old Testament offices of prophet, priest, and king. Yet many of these are not numbered among God's faithful. Everyth

...ed causes brought before it by appeal from inferior courts. The king, high priest, and prophets, were subject to its jurisdiction. The general officers of th ..., in the hall "Gazith," but it sometimes met also in the house of the high priest (&nbsp;Matthew 26:3 ), who was assisted by two vice-presidents. </p>

...ed local sanctuaries in which a priest served. After the death of the high priest, the one guilty of manslaughter was free to leave the city and return to hi ...&nbsp;Isaiah 26:4 '')'' . Ramoth Gilead, on the site of Ez-Szalt (Ramoth ("high"), so is Jesus to us, &nbsp;Acts 5:31). Golan, Jaulan ''("Joy"; Jesus Is Ou

...back in some degree to OT times; in &nbsp;Zechariah 3:3 f. Joshua the high priest is stripped of his filthy garments as a symbol, and Justin ( <i> Dial </i> ...:23; &nbsp;1 Peter 3:21). </p> <p> Baptism being regarded according to its high ideal, Scripture asserts of its efficacy all that is involved in a believin

...ich raised Israel to the zenith of its power. [[Josephus]] gives Jehoash a high character for godliness, but, like each of his predecessors, he followed in

...pression [[Priests]] ( '''''כהנים''''' ) occurs, the [[Aaronites]] and the Levites arise, and, after the latter haves washed the hands of the former, the prie

...2 Chronicles 11:22 ), the king himself (&nbsp; 1 Samuel 25:30 ), the high priest (&nbsp; Daniel 9:25 ), and is occasionally in AV [Note: Authorized Version. ...e merely a reference to those who through birth, culture, and power hold a high place in the esteem of their fellows. But others find in the passage an all

...His foreknowledge of the Holy Spirit’s descent. And, further, even in His High-Priestly prayer He shows knowledge of the future by pleading for those whom ...shing in pieces His enemies like a potter's vessel with a rod of iron, "it Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek"; severely afflicted, "hands and fee

...well known parable, a merciful Samaritan is contrasted with the unmerciful priest and Levite. And the very worship of the two races is described by him as di

...bsp;Exodus 13:1-13; &nbsp;Numbers 18:15-16), and to Aaron's offering the [[Levites]] to the Lord for an offering for Israel (&nbsp;Numbers 8:10-16), and redee ...er to celibacy against her will, is evident from the history, and from the high estimation in which she was always held by the daughters of Israel, for her

...the loaves swam in oil-(&nbsp;Leviticus 2:7). (See [[Cake]]). </p> <p> The priest always burned of these free-will offerings a handful of meal with oil (or a

...calf worship, as an engine of state policy, still remained at Bethel. The priest there, Amaziah, alleged before Jeroboam (&nbsp;Amos 7:9-13), "Amos hath con ...tinued to encourage his subjects in idolatry, by appointing priests of the high places, and engaging them in such worship as was contrary to the divine law

...olutely the purchaser's own. But houses in villages went with the lands. [[Levites]] too could buy back their houses at any time, which always reverted to the ...obel more properly, which signifies a ram's horn. The day of Jubilee was a high feast in the [[Jewish]] church, and appointed by the Lord for the great yea

...igious centre of the nation. In putting the ark on a cart instead of using Levites to carry it, he was following the Philistines’ practice instead of God’ ...' skins, and blue cloth, and carefully concealed even from the eyes of the Levites who carried it. After the settlement of Israel in [[Palestine]] the ark rem

...began to make themselves felt in the young man’s heart, and this son of a priest went forth into the deserts to be shaped in solitude into a prophet mightie ...borne witness unto the truth’ (&nbsp; John 5:33 ); but it also implied the high claim that the lowlier members of the Church, which is His bride, enjoy gre

...the building of the temple, of his regulations respecting the priests and Levites, and his appointment of musicians for the public service of religion. The s ...author of them has been accused of hatred to Israel, predilection for the Levites, love of the marvelous, design to magnify pious kings and to heighten the m

...to the [[Levitical]] priest, because the father of the family was himself priest. Thus when the nation's inherent priesthood (&nbsp;Exodus 19:6) was delegat ...ich the Jews of modern times observe the Passover. They all make it a very high festival. [[Eight]] days, for the most part they continue this festivity, d

...needed lesson for the age in which he wrote a lesson of the importance of high ethical standards, and of the reverence and worship due to the exalted Bein

...i> ISBE </i> , 3:585-86; D. E. Fleming, <i> The [[Installation]] of Baal's High Priestess at Emar </i> ; R. J. Forbes, <i> Studies in [[Ancient]] Technolog ...ace from the double olive tree of the Holy Spirit, so as to be at once our priest and king; He is the tree, ministers the branches, "emptying the golden oil

...ews, instead of setting the scape-goat free in the wilderness, led it to a high precipice called '''''Sook''''' ("narrow") and dashed it down. This was don ...y offerings, "the soul that doeth aught presumptuously," (Hebrew, ''With A High Hand'' ), "shall be cut off from among his people." "His iniquity shall he

...for his trespass a ram, which had been submitted to the estimation of the priest, and not only made restitution, but allowed an additional amount of a fifth ...4), ought not to be pressed beyond this. The leper was ostracized, and the priest alone could remove the ban, and grant a certificate of health (Leviticus 14

...mber". The ''12'' tribes; ''12'' [[Elim]] wells; ''12'' stones in the high priest's breast-plate; ''12'' shewbread loaves; ''12'' patriarchs; ''12'' apostles ...inasmuch as it is ordained that because the 22,273 firstborn exceed the [[Levites]] by 273, redemption-money shall be paid for the surplus. </p> <p> In view

...r-keeper for the ark (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 15:23 ). <strong> 8. </strong> A high official, ‘next to the king,’ at the court of [[Ahaz]] (&nbsp; 2 Chroni ...icles 6:23-26 ). &nbsp;4 . The father of Asa who is mentioned in a list of Levites (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:16 ). &nbsp;5 . A Benjaminite warrior who deserted Sa

...i> Cities Given to the Levites </i> . The Lord commanded Moses to give The Levites cities in which to dwell, and suburbs for their cattle Which were to extend

...:18-19). David probably delegated some of the judicial office to the 6,000 Levites, and especially [[Chenaniah]] and his sons (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:4; &nbsp; ...to settle (&nbsp; Exodus 18:25-26 ). A ‘judge’ was therefore originally a priest who pronounced oracles; then the elders of the people became judges. But at

...oned not from each man's house but from the wall of the city. </p> <p> The Levites' suburbs extended to the same distance from their walls (&nbsp;Numbers 35:5 ...on which certain actions had to be avoided by important personages (king, priest, physician). The name <em> shabattu </em> has also been found in the inscri

...This requires the transposition of the clause, "he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that [[Solomon]] built in Jerusalem" from &nbsp;1 Ch ...h Ezra. &nbsp;Ezra 8:12. </p> <p> 9. The son of Eliashib, one of the chief Levites. &nbsp;Ezra 10:6; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:23. </p> <p> 10. The son of Tobiah, the

...al glory was revealed.—( <i> b </i> ) <i> The [[Epistles]] </i> . Our High Priest, for ever ‘separated from sinners,’ is ‘holy’ (&nbsp;Hebrews 7:26). ...Head of his body the Church, God and man in one person. "For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and mad

...more ardent spirits of the nation refused, however, to believe that these high privileges were permanently abrogated; they were only temporarily withdrawn

...e depended upon to outweigh that of the priestly aristocracy, who held the high appointments. They were usually addressed as ‘Rabbi,’ <i> i.e. </i> ‘ ...Matthew 20:16; &nbsp;Matthew 22:14; &nbsp;John 15:16). The master sat on a high chair, the eider disciples on a lower bench, the youngest lowest, "at his f

...at I lie not," &nbsp;2 Corinthians 11:31 . See the vows of the priests and Levites, to put away strange wives, &nbsp;Ezra 10:5; and to take no usury from thei ...too poor to pay the redemption-price, his value was to be estimated by the priest, not, as Michaelis says, the civil magistrate (&nbsp;Leviticus 27:8; &nbsp;

...This chamber is about 40 feet from east to west, 16 feet wide, and 10 feet high. The roof is covered with what had once been striped cloth of gold. At the ...eet six inches long, by eleven feet three inches in breadth, and nine feet high. It is lined and floored with marble, and provided on each side with five o

...of the family of Shemaiah, &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:6, when [[Joiakim]] was high priest. (B.C. after 536). </p> ...occurs twice. <strong> 1. </strong> &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 17:8 one of the [[Levites]] sent out by [[Jehoshaphat]] with the Book of the Law to teach the people

...her, a sort of confession made by the Levites at the same feast. "When the Levites," says the Mishna, "reached the gate that leads out to the east, they turne

...y, kneel and be blessed." </p> <p> The order of the Jewish ritual that the priest should face the people is paralleled (to say nothing of unvarying custom) b

...is encampment at the river [[Ahava]] to the [[Jews]] at Casiphia, to get [[Levites]] and [[Nethinim]] for the temple (&nbsp;Ezra 8:16). Perhaps the same as th ...). Nathan advised David in arranging the musical instruments played by the Levites (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 29:25 ). See Books; [[David]]; Prophets. See David; Sol

...judge, with sole power of life and death. Such a governor was a person of high social standing. Felix, however, was an ex-slave, a freedman, and his appoi ...in &nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 14:47; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 15:1, to Simon the high-priest, who was made general and ethnarch of the Jews as a vassal of Demetrius. Fr

...6 to have been Levitical porters "in the days of Nehemiah and of Ezra, the priest, the scribe." Thus, every hint accords with the date and the author presume

...phus]] that tithes were regarded later as due to the priests, not to the [[Levites]] (Josephus, <i> Ant. </i> , XX, viii, 8; ix, 2). </p> <p> (3) That the Mos

...f Penelope, which was immediately done. The custom of employing persons of high rank to execute the sentence of the law, is still retained in the principal ...upervision of a magistrate, who stood surety for him; it was only those of high rank to whom this indulgence was accorded. In the case of St. Paul it was t

...nd under the Maccabees, till the time of Simon Maccabaeus, prince and high priest of the Jews, who had mercenary troops, that is, soldiers who received pay, ...nbsp;2 Chronicles 26:12. The captains of hundreds and of thousands were of high rank, or, so to speak, staff officers, who were admitted to share in the co

...s </em> , Lat. <em> presbyterus </em> , Fr. <em> prêtre </em> , Eng. <em> priest </em> ). The two words are so closely connected in the NT that they must be ...ho have similar ties, not only by precept but by example. The Jews teach a priest should neither be unmarried nor childless, test he be unmerciful. Yet as Je

...y depicts Israel's state for ages, clinging to the law yet without "altar, priest, or sacrifice," which the law ordains, yet not relapsing into idolatry to w ...the temple (&nbsp;2 Kings 22:8 ), and that this book was Deuteronomy. The high places, however, are not mentioned in the law book of Deuteronomy. The refo

...ect, such as the Teacher of Righteousness, the Man of Lies, the [[Wicked]] Priest, and the Lion of Wrath. Furthermore, they illustrate the sect's understandi ...eak of his confrontation with a “Wicked Priest,” possibly a Maccabean high priest of about 150 B.C. </p> <p> Beliefs and [[Practices]] The Scrolls show a sur

...ady Chapel, and then by the south gate of the choir near the throne to the high-altar. It afterwards traversed the nave and cloisters, concluding before th

...le of the [[Jewish]] church, where the high priest, ordinary priest, and [[Levites]] knew and observed their respective offices, yet he never mentions presbyt ...ol. London, 1850, 12mo); and the article SUCCESSION (See Succession) . The High-Episcopal view is well stated for modern readers in Vox Ecclesiae (Philadel

...ace; in &nbsp;Hebrews 7:26; &nbsp;Hebrews 7:5 adjectives describe the High Priest, Christ; in &nbsp;Hebrews 6:1 f. we have the ‘foundations’ of Christian ...tives like the history of [[Balaam]] furnish also numerous proofs of their high antiquity. Its geographical statements are found to be uncommonly accurate,

...ft [[Persia]] with “the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe” (&nbsp;Ezra 7:11 ), giving him unusual power and authority ( ...themselves of the opportunity and returned to Judæa under Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel, a member of the royal Davidic family, who was appointed gov

...rand </p> <p> <i> See also </i> [[Offerings And Sacrifices]]; [[Priesthood Priest]] </p> <p> <i> Bibliography </i> . M. Haran, <i> [[Temples]] and [[Temple]]

...d an opposition temple on Mount Gerizim, in which [[Manasseh]] became high-priest, and whither he was followed by many of the Jews who sympathized with him.

...stimony of Jesus is, that "he should be exalted, and extolled, and be very high?" (&nbsp;Isaiah 52:13) And Golan, in Bashan, carries with it the glory. And ...town was designed by Joshua to be a city of refuge; it was given to the [[Levites]] of Gershom's family, &nbsp;Deuteronomy 4:43 . When [[Scripture]] mentions

...e holy of holies, was completely cut off from common access. Only the high priest could enter there, and then only once a year after special preparation. </p ...mean “to be holy” (Exod. 29:37; Lev. 6:18) or “to sanctify”: “Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fa

...nsibilities, it is not surprising that the prerequisites of the office are high (&nbsp;1 Timothy 3:1-7; &nbsp;Titus 1:6-9 ). The elder must be a blameless ...lder is proved guilty, he should be publicly rebuked, again because of the high standards required of those in positions of leadership (&nbsp;1 Timothy 5:1

...children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which [[Eleazar]] the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of t ...which, is here described as situated eastward from the Mediterranean, with high country intervening, one or two stations distant from the river before [[Jo

...e brook’ before it being the Kishon. It was assigned to the [[Merarite]] [[Levites]] (&nbsp; Joshua 21:34 ). It is probably identical with <strong> [[Cyamon]] <p> A city of Zebulun, allotted to the Merarite Levites (&nbsp;Joshua 21:34; &nbsp;Joshua 19:11). &nbsp;1 Kings 4:12, read Jokmeam.

...of this they sent a deputation To them consisting of [[Phinehas]] the high priest and ten princes. The Representatives of Joshua and Israel reprimanded them

...ves place to ‘heaven itself,’ revealed as the temple where the ‘great high priest’ Divine-human in person, sinless in nature, perfected in experience, and ...rinciples of moral duty in the decalogue, with a solemnity suited to their high preeminence; that it enjoined love to God with the most unceasing solicitud

..." in the trial of jealousy (&nbsp;Numbers 5:17), and in consecrating the [[Levites]] by purifying and sprinkling, was probably from the laver (&nbsp;Numbers 8 ...onnected at its corners by pilasters (ledges), and moved by four wheels or high castors, one at each corner, with handles (plates) for drawing the machine.

...ke crowns of silver and gold, and put them on the head of Joshua, the high priest. &nbsp;Zechariah 6:10; &nbsp;Zechariah 6:14. (B.C 519). </p> <p> <strong> [[Tobijah]] </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . One of the [[Levites]] sent by [[Jehoshaphat]] to teach in the cities of Judah (&nbsp; 2 Chronic

...&nbsp;Nehemiah 7:39. </p> <p> 2. A priest, in the time of Jeshua, the high priest. &nbsp;Zechariah 6:10; &nbsp;Zechariah 6:14. (B.C. 536). </p> <p> 3. A Sime <li> A priest in Jerusalem after the [[Exile]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:10 ). <div> <p> '''C

.... Father or ancestor of '''Joel, 14''' &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:9. </p> <p> 12. A priest of the family of Abijah, in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua. &nbsp;N ...> <p> '''11.''' Father of Joel (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:9). </p> <p> '''12.''' A priest of Abijah's family, contemporary of Joiakim, Jeshua's son (&nbsp;Nehemiah 1

...o him” (Lev. 21:1-2). This relaxation of the rule was even denied the high priest and a [[Nazarite]] during “all the days that he separateth himself unto t

...r, Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible, artt. ‘Gate,’ ‘Porter,’ ‘Priests and Levites’ (iv. 93a). </p> <p> The identity of the porter of the sheepfold (&nbsp;J ...f the various gates (see Temple, § <strong> 6 </strong> , [[Priests]] and Levites, § iii. 1, 2). The same word is rendered <strong> doorkeepers </strong>

...ael, even all such as were voluntarily devoted unto the law," and the high-priest of the sixty who were slain by [[Bacchides]] through the treachery of Alci-

...part was appropriated to the priests of God, of the latter one 50th to the Levites. The spoils dedicated by David and his chiefs to the temple were freewill o ...they were to give for every fifty men, oxen, asses, sheep, &c, one to the Levites. </p>

...r use was to be a store for the vessels, the tithes, and offerings for the Levites, priests, etc., Eliashib having dared, in defiance of the law, to prepare i ...as a bitter enemy to Nehemiah. He afterwards became allied to Eliashib the priest, but Nehemiah turned out his goods from a chamber he occupied in the court

...s of such as offer oblations at the Eucharist are not to be recited by the priest before the sacrifice, or the canon. (3) [[Infants]] after baptism may not b

...2. Son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:5 </p> <p> 3. A priest, father of Jedaiah. &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:10 . Perhaps the same that is mention ...Ezra at the river of [[Ahava]] to devise means for obtaining a company of Levites to return with him to [[Jerusalem]] (&nbsp;Ezra 8:16). B.C. 459. </p>

...:10-14). For sake of accountability the high priest was to be present when Levites gathered tithes (10:38). </p> <p> Upon discovering [[Tobiah]] had commandee

...linarian, Nestorian, and Eutychian controversies, and their decrees are in high esteem both among Papists and orthodox Protestants; but the deliberations o ...the S.E. corner of a court near the temple. Sometimes they met in the high priest's palace (&nbsp;Matthew 26:3). In Christ's time the sessions were moved fro

...is quoted according to the text of the Syriac version, and ascribed to R. Levites, a man of Yabneh. &nbsp;Sirach 11:23 is to be found in the Tanna d’Be Eli

...ed in the circle of his hearers to dispute his words; all that Amaziah the priest can do is to urge the prophet to abstain from unwelcome words in Bethel, be

...14; also &nbsp;Judges 21:13-20). </p> <p> '''(6)''' The congregation was a high court of appeal in cases of life and death (&nbsp;Numbers 35:12; &nbsp;Numb

...support of the commander of the royal bodyguard Benaiah, the other leading priest Zadok, and the prophet Nathan (&nbsp;1 Kings 1:8). As a result of swift act ...ed to engage in intrigues, and was put to death. </p> <p> (2) One of the [[Levites]] sent out by Jehoshaphat, in his third year, with the Book of the Law, to

.... &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:4. Compare &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:19. </p> <p> 20. [[A]] priest; ancestor of [[Baruch]] and Seraiah, the sons of Neriah. &nbsp;Jeremiah 32:

...a'bud.''' ''(Given).'' Son of Nathan, &nbsp;1 Kings 4:5, is described as a priest, (Authorized Version, "principal officer"), and as holding, at the court of <p> Son of [[Nathan]] (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:5). [[Priest]] ( '''''Kohen''''' , KJV "principal officer") and "king's friend" to Solom

...nsideration that he who is now exalted at the right hand of the majesty on high, was once, when on earth, "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." And ...he Messianic kingdom, the belief that for this service he would receive as high a place as Peter or James, or John '''''—''''' this it was that made him

...reciprocally throw upon each; till, at length, the conviction rises unto a high degree of moral certainty." Farther, in order to understand the prophecies, ...e so clearly portrayed in his varied character as God and Man, as Prophet, Priest, and King, if he had been the mere "teacher" which is all that [[Ammon]] ac

...eplaced by a golden chandelier, fixed on a golden chain. [[Priests]] and [[Levites]] who had escaped the persecution in Judaea served in Onias's temple. For t

...n easier: "Melchisedek was the first priest of all the priests of the Most High God. From his time priests were found in all the earth" ''(To Autol.'' 2, c

...th bowed head, the priestly benediction; they listened to the chant of the Levites, and at the conclusion of each section, when the priests sounded their silv

...8:3 (c) This may represent the fact that [[Christians]] give to their High Priest, [[Christ Jesus]] the strength, vigor and power of their shoulders, which ...n scripture as the place of strength, on which burdens are borne. The high priest had the names of the twelve tribes on his shoulders, as in a place of safet

...' &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:5. </p> <p> '''9.''' Over Ahab's house. A kind of lord high chamberlain or mayor of the palace (&nbsp;1 Kings 18:3). As there were sain ...rance, and have repaid double upon her enemies. </p> <p> 10. An officer of high rank, in the court of Ahab. &nbsp;1 Kings 18:3. He was a devout worshipper

...and His blood cleanses from sin (&nbsp;1 John 1:7 ). See Holiness; Levite; Priest; Sacrifice; [[Atonement]]; [[Ethics]]; </p> <p> [[W.]] [[H.]] Bellinger Jr.

...ehu's also, one of his mighties (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:3); Jeremiah's, the priest and prophet, also (&nbsp;Jeremiah 1:1). Among the restored captives from [[ ...igned to the priests in the territory of Benjamin, where Abiathar the high priest had his own 'fields,' and where Jeremiah was born: its inhabitants persecut

...Ghost testifieth of Christ, that he took not upon him the office of High [[Priest]] uncalled of [[Jehovah A]] glorious consideration to all his people. (&nb ...part of the tribal allotment. As at Gezer, another of the cities of the [[Levites]] the [[Canaanites]] were not driven out from Beth-shemesh. </p> 4. Beth-Sh

...Chronicles 9:15; and [[Micha]] in &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:17,22 . </p> <p> 5. [[Priest]] who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. &nbsp; Nehemiah <li> A priest (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:41 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictiona

...e sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the [[Levites]] that minister unto me” (Jer. 33:22). This phrase can include all the he ...> <p> The priest, rising up after he has adored it himself, lifts it up as high as he can conveniently, and, with his eyes fixed upon it shows it, to be de

...nbsp; Esther 9:22 <strong> Nathanael </strong> ]). <strong> 9. </strong> A priest in time of [[Joiakim]] (&nbsp; Nehemiah 12:21 ). <strong> 10. </strong> A L ...ompare 1 [[Esdras]] 9:22). </p> <p> (9) A priest registered under the high priest Joiakim (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:21 ). </p> <p> (10) A L evite musician who assis

...' (''' n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; - called also priest. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A member of a presbytery whether lay or c ...tter. See, for Roman Catholic views, Wetzer u. Welte, Kirchen-Lexikon; for High Church Anglican views, Blunt, Dict. Hist. Theol.; for Low-Church views, Her

...] throughout the tribes of [[Israel]] were forty-eight cities given to the Levites. Among these were six cities known as cities of refuge (&nbsp;Numbers 35:6- ...ed, his bones were delivered to his relations, after the death of the high-priest, to be buried in the sepulcher of his fathers (Lewis, Origines ''Hebraicae'

...nce of Herodias' daughter, Salome, (&nbsp;Matthew 14:6 ). See [[David]]; [[Levites]]; Psalms, The; [[Shiloh]] . </p> <p> [[Kandy]] Queen-Sutherland </p>

...r more exceeding good than these for us, we praise Thee through the High [[Priest]] and [[Guardian]] of our souls, Jesus Christ, through whom be the glory an ...notion of praise that it be publicly expressed. Indeed, David appointed [[Levites]] to ensure the public praise of Israel (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 16:4; &nbsp;23:

.... [[Religious]] affairs, however, were under the control of priests (see [[Priest]] ). </p> <p> God wanted [[Israel]] to recognize him as their supreme ruler ...e Jews in authority who had Jesus put to death, and therefore includes the high priests (cf. R. J. Knowling in Expositor’s Greek Testament, ‘Acts,’ 1

...up his eyes to heaven his understanding returned, and he blessed the Most High, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion" (&nbsp;Daniel 4:28-34). </p> <p

...a deliverance which had to be paid for at a price which they rated as too high. The term employed is, at all events, perfectly adapted to express this fac ...Levites]] instead of them; but there not being an equivalent number of the Levites, the residue of the firstborn were redeemed by money: they were thus set fr

...Joshua 18:6) and under the direction of a committee consisting of the high priest, the political chief, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes

...sent “family”: “… These are the heads of the fathers [households] of the [[Levites]] according to their families” (Exod. 6:25). </p> <p> God is described as ...a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc

...ed under a Roman officer in the tower of Antonia, and having charge of the high priestly vestments. Hence the significance of Pilate's words "Ye have a gua ...es into ‘guards’ in the latter, where they are Roman. Arrested by the high priest Annas, and put ‘in public ward’ (&nbsp;Acts 5:18 : ἐν τηρήσει

...d [[Levites]] by tithes (&nbsp;Numbers 18:20-24 ). See [[Levites]]; [[High Priest]]; [[Aaron]] . </p> <p> [[R.]] Laird Harris </p>

...he New Testament. The faithful teacher was considered destined to occupy a high seat among the ancients (&nbsp;Daniel 12:3 ). The scribes were secretaries

...oned in connection with a private house (&nbsp;Mark 13:34 ), with the high priest's house (&nbsp;John 18:16 , &nbsp;John 18:17 ), and with sheep-folds (&nbsp

...h 10:7; &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:5 . &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:3 <strong> . </strong> A priest who took part in the ceremony of the dedication of the walls (&nbsp; Nehemi ...2:17; probably the same as [[Miamin]] in &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:5 . </p> <p> 3. Priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. &nbsp; Nehemiah 12

...r of some other defined family (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 25:5 ). In opposition to priest it means "lay" (&nbsp;Leviticus 22:10-13 ), and when the contrast is with h

...any-sided. There are incidents in his life that exhibit every trait of the high, the pure, the noble: <ol> <li> His refusal to be called the son of Pharaoh

...the sacrifices appointed for his purification, &nbsp;Leviticus 14:9 . The Levites, at their consecration, were purified by bathing, and washing their bodies ...ke it respectfully in the right hand and kiss it, was a mode of expressing high esteem and love permitted only to the nearest friends. It was cherished wit

...nium, and the Synopsis in Athanasius, ascribe the collection to Ezra, "the priest and ready scribe in the law of Moses" (&nbsp;Ezra 7:6; &nbsp;Nehemiah 8:9). ...vine essence. Christ, in his incarnate state, is personated sometimes as a priest, sometimes as a king, sometimes as a conqueror; and in those Psalms in whic

...etimes the mind is so divinely full of one particular part of prayer, that high expressions of gratitude, and of devoting ourselves to God, break out first ...sgivings (εὐχαριστίαι), be made for all men; for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and grav

...]] (More Nevochim), advances the not imlprobable supposition that the high-priest was so eminently the head of the theocracy, and representative of the whol

...ken of [[Divine]] forgiveness (&nbsp; Exodus 15:26 ). And the connexion of priest with <strong> physician </strong> was correspondingly close. On the whole, ...records-or relics; but there is some doubt whether this temple was of such high antiquity. Solomon, however, we cannot doubt, would have turned to the acco

...ce with the multitude that if they said anything, against a king or a high-priest they were at once believed (Ant. 13:10, 5). </p> <p> On a few leading theol

...e other twelve parts. In conformity to the style of the transaction, the [[Levites]] were called God's lot, inheritance, or clergy. This style, however, is no ..., and sitting in [[Parliament]] for Old Sarum. It was then enacted that no priest, nor deacon, nor minister of the Scotch Church, shall be capable of serving

...f officers was (from the time of king Hezekiah) detailed, of whom a higher priest had the superintendence (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 21:11-12; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 21

<p> Descendants of Aaron the high priest, so called &nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:27; &nbsp;27:17 . [[Thirteen]] cities were ...onites]] ( ''Âr'On-Îtes'' or ''Ă'Ron-Ites'' ). &nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:27. [[Levites]] of the family of Aaron: the priests who served the sanctuary. Eleazar, Aa

...or religion. </p> <p> The appointment of [[Hilkiah]] to the office of high priest seems to mark the era at which (by a reaction after the atrocities of Manas

...purity of blood free from alien admixture. Details as to the priests and [[Levites]] characterize all three; for these were essential to the restoration of th

...des for forgiveness, and descends to quell the revolt with help from the [[Levites]] (&nbsp; Exodus 32:25-29 ). He further intercedes that Jahweh should still ...e most vehement complaints are made against the Israelites, where the high-priest of the covenant- people participates most shamefully in the idolatry of his

...tary caste and irresponsible, but neither ambitious nor powerful. When the priest either, as was the case in Israel, abandoned the land, or, as in Judah, cea

...as of acacia or "shittim wood," two cubits long, one broad, one and a half high, overlaid with pure gold, with a golden crown to the border round about, to ...ich in the time of the Chronicler was the privilege of a division of the [[Levites]] (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 9:32 ), is prescribed in another section of P [Note:

...sp;Proverbs 25:14 ). </p> <p> In the New Testament a gift was given by the priest as an offering to God (&nbsp;Hebrews 5:1 ). The magi presented gifts to the ...of burden (&nbsp;2 Kings 8:9 ). The refusal of a present was regarded as a high indignity; and this constituted the aggravated insult noticed in &nbsp;Matt

...a historical document, but the trend of criticism is in the direction of a high estimate rather than of a low one. Microscopic investigation and a number o ...e New Testament. The Old Testament ministry of high priest, priests, and [[Levites]] necessarily ended with the destruction of the one and only temple appoint

...the sanctuary. The lines separating the rights of the priests and of the [[Levites]] have often been changed since his time, but the fundamental distinctions

...ate length by frequent clipping. <p> Baldness disqualified any one for the priest's office (&nbsp;Leviticus 21 ). </p> <p> [[Elijah]] is called a "hairy man" ...he locusts of antichrist, &nbsp;Revelation 9:8 . Lepers when cleansed, and Levites, on their consecration, shaved the whole body, &nbsp;Leviticus 13:1-59 &nbs

...the beginning of the month was proclaimed amongst the [[Jews]] by the high priest or president of the [[Sanhedrin]] when two witnesses had satisfactorily tes ...tions: the first section (i.e. &nbsp;Numbers 28:1-3) being assigned to the priest; the second (&nbsp;Numbers 28:3-5) to the Levite; the third (&nbsp;Numbers

...The bodies of the beasts whose blood was brought into the sanctuary by the high priests for sin were burned without the camp. &nbsp;Exodus 29:14; &nbsp;Lev ...ies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.” In the English versions, the word

...ostly translated 'chief captain,' as in &nbsp;Acts 21:31-37 , etc.: it is 'high captain' in &nbsp;Mark 6:21; and 'captain' in &nbsp;John 18:12; &nbsp;Revel ...uel 7:9; &nbsp;1 Samuel 13:9 ), ordinarily necessitating the presence of a priest (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 20:2 ). Councils of war were held to settle questions of

...as great as that from idolatry to Judaism. The question of the priests and Levites, "Why baptizest thou then?" (&nbsp;John 1:25), implies that they wondered,

...the question is further complicated by historical considerations. The high priest [[Onias]] iii., after his deposition by [[Antiochus]] [[Epiphanes]] in b.c. ...so-called in disparagement, because here Onias, who had failed to get the high priesthood at Jerusalem, built a temple in rivalry of that at [[Jerusalem]]

...e forbidden, on pain of death, to go. The actual boundary line was not the high wall with its gates, but a low stone barrier about 5 ft. in height, which r

...an ended, the king sent him with the high priest Hilkiah, and other men of high rank, to consult Huldah the prophetess. Her answer moved Josiah deeply, and

...quire into and decide appeals (&nbsp;2 Samuel 15:3). Jehoshaphat appointed Levites, priests, and some of the fathers to constitute a court of appeal (&nbsp;2 ...o the provincial synod (see council of Africa, 418). The case of Apiarius, priest of Sicca, in Mauritania, is supposed to have been about the first instance

...Samuel 10:5 , where we read of "a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, a tabret, a pipe, and a harp before them, and they d ...od, &nbsp;2 Kings 17:13 &nbsp; Jeremiah 25:4 . They aided the priest and [[Levites]] in teaching religion to the people, especially in the kingdom of Israel,

...im "Lord" (Gk. <i> kyrios </i> [ &nbsp; Exodus 3:14 ), a name held in such high esteem that by New Testament times it was rarely spoken out loud. </p> <p>

...the Temple (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 28:19 ), works on the organization of the [[Levites]] written by David and Solomon (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 35:4 ), and lamentations

...the case in the veil which here shut in the holy of holies, where the high priest could enter only once a year, and then with blood; whereas now the veil is

...iage occurred because a man had forcibly violated a woman sexually. A high priest was not to marry a divorcee. &nbsp;Deuteronomy 24:1-4 prohibited remarriage ...en extirpate. The husband must get drawn up by the proper authorities (the Levites) a formal deed stating his reasons (&nbsp;Isaiah 50:1; &nbsp;Jeremiah 3:8),

...rom each of the twelve tribes to assist the new leader Joshua and the high priest [[Eleazar]] in the division of the land. Caleb was again chosen to represen ...distribution of cities, out of the different tribes for the priests and [[Levites]] to dwell in, Hebron fell to the priests, the children of Aaron, of the fa

...of sins, irreverences, and pollutions of all the Israelites, from the high priest to the lowest of the people, committed by them throughout the year, &nbsp;L ...vals before Jehovah, not only friends, but strangers, widows, orphans, and Levites, were to be invited, as well as the slaves. If the tabernacles were so dist

...und in connection with the use of the [[Urim]] and [[Thummim]] by the high priest as he sought to discover the will of God by the throwing of these sacred st

...intendence of the sacred offerings under the general direction of the high-priest and others (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 31:13). B.C. 726. </p>

...but a few articles of lighter weight were in the personal care of the high priest. These comprised the oil for the candlestick, the sweet incense, the holy o

...ade and expounded to the people: ‘Also [[Jeshua]] and [[Bani]] … and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stood in their pla ...prescription: "For the bleeding at the nose, let a man be brought who is a priest, and whose name is Levi, and let him write the word Levi backwards. If this

...iada]] took them out of the treasury of the temple to arm the people and [[Levites]] on the day of the young king Joash's elevation to the throne (&nbsp;2 Chr

...19, in the Sept. version of which occurs the following: "He shall dwell on high; His place of defense shall be in a lofty cave of the strong rock" (Justin.

...ion, Jose ben-Jochanan, of Jerusalem; </p> <p> '''3.''' Jochanan, the high-priest (commonly called John Hyrcanus, q.v.); </p> <p> '''4.''' [[Jehoshua]] ben-P

...ecame a warning beacon of God's wrath against those who sin in the face of high spiritual privileges (&nbsp;Jeremiah 7:12; &nbsp;Psalms 78:60-61). </p> <p> ...he Philistines, the fall of Hophni and Phinehas, and the death of the aged priest and his daughter-in-law followed with startling rapidity (1 Sam 3; 4). The

...temple was completed under [[Zerubbabel]] the governor and Joshua the high priest, with the help of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah (&nbsp;Ezra 5:1-2; &nbs ...the men of Israel down to the court of the women. Upon these stairs the [[Levites]] played on musical instruments on the evening of the first day of Tabernac