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• Exodus 30Bible

  Exodus 30 contains the ordinances for making and using the tabernacle's altar of incense, the half-shekel ransom paid at a census, the bronze laver, the holy anointing oil, and the holy incense.

• Exodus 39Bible

  Exodus 39 recounts the making of the holy garments for Aaron and the priests, including the ephod, the breastplate, the robe, and the gold plate of the mitre, and the bringing of every completed part of the tabernacle to Moses for inspection.

• Jephthah's DaughterPeople

  Jephthah's daughter was the only child of the judge Jephthah, whose story appears in Judges 11. She was given up because of a vow her father made before going to war. Scripture does not record her name.

• Exodus 26Bible

  Exodus 26 is the chapter in which God instructs Moses on the construction of the tabernacle itself. It describes how to make the multiple layers of curtains and the skin coverings, the boards of shittim wood with their silver sockets, the veil dividing the holy place from the most holy place, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle.

• 1 Chronicles 22Bible

  1 Chronicles 22 is the chapter in which David designates the site of the temple, prepares building materials and workers, and then entrusts the building of the temple to his son Solomon and to the leaders of Israel.

• JobPeople

  Job is the central figure of the Book of Job, a righteous man who lived in the land of Uz. Amid suffering that cost him his possessions, his children, and his health, he lamented and protested before God; after encountering God, he was restored. The New Testament cites him as an example of patience.

• High PlaceBible

  A high place is an Old Testament term for a local site of sacrifice, often located on elevated ground; it translates the Hebrew word bamah. In the books of Kings, the high places frequently serve as a criterion for evaluating the faithfulness of the kings.

• New MoonBible

  The new moon was an ancient Israelite observance held on the first day of each month, when sacrifices were offered and trumpets were blown.

• Judges 21Bible

  Judges 21, the final chapter of the Book of Judges, records how Israel kept the tribe of Benjamin from being cut off by striking Jabesh-gilead and bringing back four hundred virgins, and then by allowing the Benjamites to seize women during the feast at Shiloh.

• 1 Chronicles 16:34Bible Verses

  A verse from the song of thanksgiving that David appointed to be sung after the Ark of the Covenant was installed in Jerusalem. It confesses God's goodness and everlasting mercy as the grounds for giving thanks. Because it was a recurring refrain in Old Testament worship, it is frequently quoted in thanksgiving services.

• Leviticus 9:22–23Bible Verses

  In this scene Aaron, having completed his first sacrifices as high priest, lifts up his hands and blesses the people; he then blesses them again together with Moses, and the glory of the LORD appears. The passage is frequently cited as a biblical background for the benediction pronounced at the close of worship.

• Exodus 24:8Bible Verses

  The verse in which Moses, at Mount Sinai, sprinkles the blood of the sacrifices on the people and declares it "the blood of the covenant," completing the ratification of the covenant between God and Israel. Because Jesus' words instituting the Lord's Supper and the Epistle to the Hebrews take up this expression, these passages are frequently read together.

• Strange FireBible

  Strange fire is an expression from the incident in Leviticus 10 in which Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, died after offering incense in a manner God had not commanded. The underlying Hebrew phrase means "strange" or "foreign" fire.

• TaberahBible

  Taberah is the place where, during Israel's wilderness journey after the Exodus, the fire of the LORD burned the outskirts of the camp when the people complained. The name means "burning" in Hebrew (Numbers 11:1-3).

• Lamp (Bible)Bible

  In the Bible, the lamp is a vessel that burns oil to give light; the term also refers to its flame. It symbolizes the light kept burning continually in the tabernacle, the guidance of God's word, life and the continuance of the Davidic dynasty, and the witness of the disciples.

• UzziahPeople

  Uzziah was an eighth-century BC king of the southern kingdom of Judah who is called Azariah in 2 Kings. He had a long reign and strengthened the nation, but when he attempted to burn incense in the temple he was struck with leprosy and lived apart until his death.

• GemariahPeople

  Gemariah was a high official of Judah in the reign of King Jehoiakim and the son of Shaphan the scribe. Baruch read the prophecies of Jeremiah aloud in his chamber, and when the king burned the scroll, Gemariah pleaded with him not to burn it (Jeremiah 36).

• 2 Chronicles 26Bible

  2 Chronicles 26 recounts the fifty-two-year reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. He strengthened the nation through warfare and building, but he grew proud and attempted to burn incense in the temple himself. He was struck with leprosy and lived alone in a separate house until his death.

• Malachi 4Bible

  Malachi 4 is the final chapter of the Book of Malachi. It describes the day of the LORD, which will burn up the wicked and heal those who fear Him, urges the people to remember the law of Moses, and promises that Elijah will be sent before that day.

• Azariah (High Priest)People

  Azariah was high priest during the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. When Uzziah entered the temple to burn incense himself, Azariah followed him in with eighty priests and withstood him. The account appears in 2 Chronicles 26.