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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 See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright 1996
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Grain Offering See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright 1996
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Guilt Offering See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright 1996
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Memorial Offering See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright 1996
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Peace Offering See Offerings and Sacrificies Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright 1996
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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 [S] See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright
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Wave Offering [S] See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright
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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 [E] [S] In Old Testament times a gift was customarily given for the price of a bride ( Gen
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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 [N] [E] See Offerings and Sacrifices Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell
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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 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 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 is one of the most intensely theological books of the Old Testament. It contains the core
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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 Old Testament Priesthood . The primary word for "priest" in the Old Testament is the Hebrew masculine noun
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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 The Old Testament . Early in the Old Testament both the language and the concept of thanksgiving are
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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 The major festivals of Old Testament Israel were, in calendar order, Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits,
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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 [N] [T] [E] [S] The most common word for "oil" in the Old Testament is the Hebrew word shemen
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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 The term "commandment" in the Bible (mainly Heb. miswa [ h"w.xim ]; Gk. entole [ ejntolhv ]) refers
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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 Definitions . In the pastoral setting of the Bible, there were numerous words for a lamb
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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 The Old Testament. How Uncleanness Was Contracted and Treated . In Old Testament times the ordinary state of
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Consecrate The Meanings of qds in the Sinai Legislation . In the Sinai material ( Exod 19:1-nu ; 10:10 )
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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 [E] Pentateuch . The Hebrew word for Levite ( lew" ) indicates a descendant of Levi, the son of
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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 The New Testament contains over 175 names, descriptive titles, and figures of speech referring to Christians, applicable
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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 [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 is a book that probes the perplexing question of why God's mercy is sometimesdispensed to people
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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 [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 Poverty in Scripture can be both social and spiritual. The words "poor" and "poverty" cover
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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 [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 The Sovereignty and the Works of God . God is "the God of heaven and earth" (
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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 [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 [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 [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 Expression, often in the context of future events, which refers to the time
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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 The Place in the Gospels . In the records of Jesus that the Gospels give us, it
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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 [N] Terminology . There are several Hebrew terms equivalent to the English "to forgive, " as defined below. The
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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 [N] The Old Testament . In the earliest days of the Old Testament, leadership of the people of God
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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 [N] [E] The biblical concept of testimony or witness is closely allied with the conventional Old Testament legal sense
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Sanctification [N] [T] [E] The generic meaning of sanctification is "the state of proper functioning." To sanctify someone or something
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