• Drink Offering

  Drink Offering [N] [T] See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell

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• Fellowship Offering

  Fellowship Offering See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright 1996

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• Grain Offering

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• Guilt Offering

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• Memorial Offering

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• Peace Offering

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• Sacrifice

  Sacrifice [E] [S] See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright

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• Sin Offering

  Sin Offering [S] See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright

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• Wave Offering

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• Offerings and Sacrifices

  Offerings and Sacrifices The Old Testament regulations for offerings and sacrifices are renowned for their many and complicated details, and

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• Gift

  Gift [E] [S] In Old Testament times a gift was customarily given for the price of a bride ( Gen

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• Burnt Offering

  Burnt Offering [N] [E] [S] See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A.

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• Heave Offering

  Heave Offering [N] [E] See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell

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• Scapegoat

  Scapegoat [N] [E] [S] See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell

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• Requirement

  Requirement By right and authority, our Creator makes certain demands or claims upon us his creatures. God requires us to

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• Tithe, Tithing

  Tithe, Tithing Giving a portion of one's profit or the spoils of war was known in the ancient world from

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• Leviticus, Theology of

  Leviticus, Theology of Leviticus is one of the most intensely theological books of the Old Testament. It contains the core

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• Aaron

  Aaron [N] [E] [H] [S] Aaron had the distinctive privilege of being Moses' close associate and also the one selected

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• Priest, Priesthood

  Priest, Priesthood Old Testament Priesthood . The primary word for "priest" in the Old Testament is the Hebrew masculine noun

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• Malachi, Theology of

  Malachi, Theology of After the return from the Babylonian exile in 538 b.c., the Jewish remnant led by Zerubbabel the

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• Thankfulness, Thanksgiving

  Thankfulness, Thanksgiving The Old Testament . Early in the Old Testament both the language and the concept of thanksgiving are

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• Harvest

  Harvest [N] [E] [S] The gathering of things planted, a natural time of reaping in joy what has been produced

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• Feasts and Festivals of Israel

  Feasts and Festivals of Israel The major festivals of Old Testament Israel were, in calendar order, Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits,

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• Altar

  Altar [N] [E] [S] Structure on which offerings are made to a deity. The Hebrew word for altar is mizbeah

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• Oil

  Oil [N] [T] [E] [S] The most common word for "oil" in the Old Testament is the Hebrew word shemen

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• Sanctuary

  Sanctuary [N] [E] In the Old Testament the word miqdas [ v'D.qim ] (from qds, "holy, " implying a distinction

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• Command, Commandment

  Command, Commandment The term "commandment" in the Bible (mainly Heb. miswa [ h"w.xim ]; Gk. entole [ ejntolhv ]) refers

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• Hypocrisy

  Hypocrisy [N] Although no distinct Hebrew word for hypocrisy occurs in the Old Testament, the concept doesprimarily in terms of

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• Lamb, Lamb of God

  Lamb, Lamb of God Definitions . In the pastoral setting of the Bible, there were numerous words for a lamb

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• Priest, Christ as

  Priest, Christ as The Old Testament . The priestly activity of drawing near to God in sacrifice and prayer is

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• Clean, Unclean

  Clean, Unclean The Old Testament. How Uncleanness Was Contracted and Treated . In Old Testament times the ordinary state of

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• Consecrate

  Consecrate The Meanings of qds in the Sinai Legislation . In the Sinai material ( Exod 19:1-nu ; 10:10 )

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• Fire

  Fire [N] [T] [E] [S] One of the most arresting and suggestive metaphors in the Bible is that of fire,

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• Levite

  Levite [E] Pentateuch . The Hebrew word for Levite ( lew" ) indicates a descendant of Levi, the son of

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• Will

  Will [N] The created image of God carries with it awesome responsibility and glory. It includes the ability to make

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• Christians, Names of

  Christians, Names of The New Testament contains over 175 names, descriptive titles, and figures of speech referring to Christians, applicable

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• Wealth

  Wealth [N] The most basic English definitions of wealth are "the condition of being happy and prosperous" and "spiritual well-being"

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• Hospitality

  Hospitality [N] [T] [S] Hospitality plays no small role in the realm of biblical ethics. Biblical admonitions exhorted the Israelites

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• Jonah, Theology of

  Jonah, Theology of Jonah is a book that probes the perplexing question of why God's mercy is sometimesdispensed to people

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• Mediator, Mediation

  Mediator, Mediation On the human plane, mediation takes place in the Bible, as it has in many cultures throughout history,

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• Moses

  Moses [N] [E] [H] [S] This godly man towers above all other persons in the Old Testament period because he

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• Poor and Poverty, Theology of

  Poor and Poverty, Theology of Poverty in Scripture can be both social and spiritual. The words "poor" and "poverty" cover

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• Worship

  Worship [N] [E] If Christianity is the transformation of rebels into worshipers of God, then it is imperative for the

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• Covenant

  Covenant [N] [E] [S] The word "covenant, " infrequently heard in conversation, is quite commonly used in legal, social (marriage),

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• Ezra, Theology of

  Ezra, Theology of The Sovereignty and the Works of God . God is "the God of heaven and earth" (

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• Hosea, Theology of

  Hosea, Theology of Foundational to Hosea's message and teaching about God are his marriage to Gomer and her departure after

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• Atonement

  Atonement [N] [E] That the Bible's central message is atonement, that is, that God has provided a way for humankind

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• Tabernacle

  Tabernacle [N] [T] [E] [S] The structure referred to in Scripture as the tabernacle was the center of the worship

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• Church, the

  Church, the [T] Definition of the Church . The New Testament word for "church" is ekklesia [ ejkklhsiva ], which

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• Day of the Lord, God, Christ, the

  Day of the Lord, God, Christ, the Expression, often in the context of future events, which refers to the time

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• Dead Sea Scrolls

  Dead Sea Scrolls Name given to over eight hundred ancient Jewish manuscripts recovered from eleven caves along the northwest shore

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• Death of Christ

  Death of Christ The Place in the Gospels . In the records of Jesus that the Gospels give us, it

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• Ethics

  Ethics The ancient world did not consider religion to be morally inspiring, creative, or corrective; the reputed behavior of gods

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• Forgiveness

  Forgiveness [N] Terminology . There are several Hebrew terms equivalent to the English "to forgive, " as defined below. The

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• Holy, Holiness

  Holy, Holiness One does not define God. Similarly, the idea of holiness is at once understandable and elusive. Nevertheless, there

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• Leadership

  Leadership [N] The Old Testament . In the earliest days of the Old Testament, leadership of the people of God

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• Temple

  Temple [N] [E] [S] While the temple certainly has a history and integrity of its own, it was created by

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• Testimony

  Testimony [N] [E] The biblical concept of testimony or witness is closely allied with the conventional Old Testament legal sense

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• Sanctification

  Sanctification [N] [T] [E] The generic meaning of sanctification is "the state of proper functioning." To sanctify someone or something

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