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• Priest
  ...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
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• Priests And Levites
  ...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
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• Levites
  ...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
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• Aaron
  ...[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
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• Tithe
  ...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,
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• Abiathar
  .... 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
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• Zadok
  ...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
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• Priesthood Priest
  ...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. </
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• High Priest
  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
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• Day Of Atonement
  ...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.
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• Sacrifice
  ...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
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• Ezekiel
  ...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
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• Book Of Numbers
  ...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
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• Jehoiada
  ...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,
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• Eleazar
  ...]] </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.'''
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• Azariah
  ...[[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
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• Zechariah
  ...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
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• Jerusalem
  ...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
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• Ezra
  ...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
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• Sanhedrin
  ...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
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• Tithes
  ...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
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• Nehemiah
  ...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
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• Sadducees
  ...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
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• Criticism (The Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis)
  ...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
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• The Priesthood
  ...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
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• Music
  ...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,
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• Phinehas
  ...). 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
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• Korah
  ...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
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• Pentateuch
  ...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
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• David
  ...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
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• Moses
  ...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
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• Amariah
  ...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
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• Incense
  ...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
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• Leviticus
  ...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
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• Deuteronomy
  ...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
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• Worship
  ...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
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• Sacrifice And Offering
  ...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
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• Books Of Chronicles
  ...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
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• Book Of Nehemiah
  ...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
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• Judge
  ...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
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• Josiah
  ...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
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• Meshullam
  ...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
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• Hilkiah
  ...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
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• Offering
  ...“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
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• Shemaiah
  ...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> .
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• Christ As Priest
  ...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>
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• Solomon
  ...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
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• Levitical Cities
  ...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>
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• Ordination
  ...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
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• Government
  ...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
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