Chapter 1414:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] a never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, t...
Chapter 1818:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the a tabernacle of the congregation ther...
HEBREWS. CHAPTER VII. Christ's Priesthood After the Order of Melchizedec. SUMMARY.--The High Dignity of Melchizedec as a Priest. Abraham Paid Him ...
Priest, Christ as The Old Testament. The priestly activity of drawing near to God in sacrifice and prayer is introduced in the Old Testament through A...
Anger [N] [T] [E]Strong emotional reaction of displeasure, often leading to plans for revenge or punishment. There are many words for anger in Hebrew;...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
God, Names of Names are more than labels. In Old Testament times a name expressed identification, but also identity. Significant meaning often attache...
Chapter 1414:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the a dearth. (a) Which came for lack of rain as in ( Jeremiah 14:4 ). 14:2 Judah...
Chapter?16It is a pity that this and the following chapter should be separated, for both of them give us the lot of the children of Joseph, Ephraim an...
He is coming The OT Scriptures predicted a ?coming one? (Deu. Deu. 18:15-18; Ps. Ps. 2:1; Ps. 22:1; Ps. 118:26; Isa. Isa. 9:6; Isa. 48:16; Isa. 53:1;...
Land (of Israel) The Abrahamic Covenant and the Land. The Lord cut an unconditional covenant with Abraham in which he stated, To your descendants I gi...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
Chapter 1818:1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers house with thee shall bear a the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou an...
Woman [T] [E]In an age of women's liberation, modern Bible readers have understandably scrutinized Scripture for its teachings on gender. Assessments ...
Bread, Bread of Presence Bread was the essential food of the ancient Israelites. Indeed, the very word bread could be used generically for any kind of...
Levite [E]Pentateuch. The Hebrew word for Levite (lew) indicates a descendant of Levi, the son of Jacob and Leah ( Gen 29:34 ). There were three famil...
Chapter 1414:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be a divided in the midst of thee. (a) He arms the godly against the great temp...
I fell at his feet to worship him . . . see that you do not do that! Later, after seeing the revelation of the New Jerusalem and the eternal state, J...
the angel Some have suggested this particular angel to be Archippus (Col. Col. 4:17) who was named as the first bishop of Laodicea in the Apostolical ...
Building [N] [E]From Sacred Space to Holy House The localized presence of God and God's glory among his people is central to the unfolding story of th...