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• Latter ProphetsBible

  The Latter Prophets (Hebrew *Nevi'im Aharonim*) are the second half of the Prophets (Nevi'im), the second division of the Hebrew Bible. The term refers to Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets, books compiled chiefly from the messages delivered by the prophets.

• Judicial LawDoctrine & Theology

  In the theological tradition that divides the Mosaic law into moral, ceremonial, and judicial law, judicial law refers to the civil and criminal regulations that governed the national and social life of ancient Israel. It is also called civil law.

• Joshua 19Bible

  Joshua 19 records how lots were cast at Shiloh to assign the inheritances of six tribes: Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan. The chapter concludes the division of the land with the gift of Timnath-serah to Joshua.

• Numbers 31Bible

  Numbers 31 records how Moses, at God's command, sent the Israelite army against Midian. It also sets out the purification regulations for the returning soldiers and captives, the division of the spoils, and the dedication of offerings.

• Ceremonial LawDoctrine & Theology

  Ceremonial law is a theological term for the part of the Mosaic law that governed Israel's worship and religious rites, including the regulations concerning sacrifices, feasts, circumcision, food, and purity.

• Joshua 15Bible

  Joshua 15 records the boundaries of the land that the tribe of Judah received by lot and lists its towns region by region. The chapter also includes the account of Caleb taking Hebron and Othniel capturing Debir.

• Joshua 14Bible

  Joshua 14 opens the distribution of the land west of the Jordan. It sets out the principle by which Eleazar and Joshua divide the land by lot among the nine and a half tribes. It also records how Caleb, at eighty-five, claims the hill country promised to him and receives Hebron as his inheritance.

• Joshua 18Bible

  In this chapter the congregation of Israel sets up the tabernacle of the congregation at Shiloh. Joshua then has the land surveyed for the seven tribes that have not yet received an inheritance and begins dividing it by lot. The first lot falls to the tribe of Benjamin, and the chapter records its boundaries and twenty-six cities.

• Joshua 17Bible

  Joshua 17 records the land west of the Jordan allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It recounts how the daughters of Zelophehad received an inheritance, how the Canaanites were not fully driven out, and how Joshua answered the descendants of Joseph, who complained that their land was too small, by telling them to clear the forest.

• Zechariah and ElizabethPeople

  Zechariah and Elizabeth were a priestly couple in Luke 1 who remained childless into old age. As the angel Gabriel had foretold, they became the parents of John the Baptist.

• Genesis 11Bible

  Genesis 11 contains the account of Babel, in which the languages were divided and people were scattered over all the earth, followed by the genealogy from Shem to Terah. It relates how Terah took Abram, Lot, and Sarai, left Ur of the Chaldees, and settled in Haran.

• Joshua 13Bible

  Joshua 13 is the chapter in which the LORD tells the aged Joshua that very much land remains to be possessed and commands him to divide the land. It then records the territory east of the Jordan that the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh received from Moses.

• EkronBible

  Ekron was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines in the Old Testament. The ark of God was sent there, and 2 Kings refers to it as the city of "Baalzebub the god of Ekron."

• Numbers 36Bible

  Numbers 36 is the final chapter of the Book of Numbers. When the heads of the families of the children of Gilead fear that the inheritance (land) granted to the daughters of Zelophehad might pass to another tribe, Moses, in accordance with the word of the LORD, rules that daughters who inherit must marry within the tribe of their fathers.

• 1 Corinthians 4Bible

  1 Corinthians 4 is the chapter in which Paul presents the apostles as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. He contrasts the sufferings of the apostles with the self-exalted Corinthian believers and appeals to them as their spiritual father.

• Numbers 33Bible

  Numbers 33 is an itinerary listing, in order, the places where Israel encamped from its departure from Egypt until it reached the plains of Moab east of the Jordan. The chapter closes with a command that, upon entering Canaan, the Israelites are to drive out the inhabitants and divide the land by lot.

• Beth-shanBible

  Beth-shan was a Canaanite city located where the Jezreel Valley meets the Jordan Valley. It is known as the place where the Philistines fastened the body of Saul to the city wall, and in New Testament times it was one of the cities of the Decapolis.

• Phygelus and HermogenesPeople

  Phygelus and Hermogenes are two men named in 2 Timothy 1:15. Of those in the Roman province of Asia who "turned away" from Paul, they are the two whom Paul singles out by name.

• Luke 24:44–46Bible Verses

  In this passage the risen Jesus explains to his disciples that the whole of the Old Testament was written concerning him and was fulfilled in his suffering and his resurrection on the third day. It is frequently cited as a basis for reading the Old Testament with Christ at the center and as a text that refers to the threefold division of the Old Testament canon.

• Joshua 24:14-25Bible Verses

  In this passage Joshua, at Shechem, urges the people of Israel to put away other gods and choose to serve the LORD alone, and then makes a covenant with them. Verse 15, "as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD," is widely quoted as a pledge of household faith.