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• Court of the GentilesBible

  The Court of the Gentiles was the large outermost court of the Jerusalem temple as enlarged by Herod, a space that non-Jews were also permitted to enter. It is commonly understood to be the site where Jesus cleansed the temple.

• MoneychangersBible

  The moneychangers were people who, in the time of Jesus, exchanged pilgrims' money within the Temple in Jerusalem for the currency used to pay the Temple tax and to buy sacrificial animals. They appear in the account of Jesus' cleansing of the Temple.

• Parable of the Two SonsBible

  The Parable of the Two Sons is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 21:28-32. It contrasts a son who refused his father's request but afterward changed his mind and went to work with a son who said he would go but did not.

• Luke 19Bible

  Luke 19 contains the account of Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector who welcomed Jesus in Jericho; the parable of the minas; the entry into Jerusalem; Jesus weeping over Jerusalem; and the cleansing of the temple.

• 2 Chronicles 30Bible

  2 Chronicles 30 records how Hezekiah, king of Judah, summoned all Israel, both north and south, to Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month, followed by a great festival lasting two weeks.

• 2 Chronicles 32Bible

  2 Chronicles 32 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the deliverance of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's illness, pride, and repentance; and his achievements and death.

• The Ten LepersBible

  An account in which Jesus heals ten lepers on his way to Jerusalem, but only one of them, a Samaritan, returns to give thanks. It appears only in Luke 17:11-19.

• Investigative JudgmentDoctrine & Theology

  The investigative judgment is a doctrine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church teaching that since 1844 Christ has been conducting a judgment in the heavenly sanctuary, examining the records of believers before His Second Coming.

• Zechariah 3Bible

  Zechariah 3 records one of Zechariah's visions, in which Joshua the high priest, accused by Satan, has his filthy garments removed and receives clean garments and a mitre. The chapter then presents promises concerning "my servant the BRANCH" and a stone with seven eyes.

• Leviticus 13Bible

  Leviticus 13 sets out the regulations by which the priest examined diseases of the skin and of the hair of the head and beard, as well as spots appearing on garments and leather, and pronounced them clean or unclean.

• Substitutionary Atonement of ChristDoctrine & Theology

  The substitutionary atonement of Christ is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ, by dying on the cross, paid in humanity's place the price of sin that people owed and delivered them from sin and death. It is often called simply substitutionary atonement.

• Leviticus 14Bible

  Leviticus 14 sets out the ritual for cleansing a person healed of leprosy (a serious skin disease) and restoring that person to the community, along with the regulations for inspecting and dealing with a plague that appears in a house.

• HyssopBible

  Hyssop is a plant used in Old Testament purification rites to sprinkle blood or water. It appears in connection with the Passover, the rite for cleansing from leprosy, Psalm 51, and the crucifixion scene in the Gospel of John.

• PurgatoryDoctrine & Theology

  In Catholic doctrine, purgatory is the state of purification through which souls who died in grace but were not yet fully purified pass before entering heaven. Protestants generally do not accept it.

• Isaiah 5Bible

  Isaiah 5 rebukes Judah and Israel through the Song of the Unfruitful Vineyard and pronounces judgment through six woes and a prophecy of invasion by an army from a distant nation.

• Zechariah 13Bible

  Zechariah 13 is a prophecy that in that day a fountain will be opened to cleanse sin and uncleanness, idols and false prophets will be removed from the land, and, after the shepherd is struck and the sheep are scattered, the surviving third will be refined and become God's people.

• Leviticus 15Bible

  Leviticus 15 is a chapter of purity law addressing the uncleanness caused by bodily discharges and the procedures for cleansing. It sets out, in turn, regulations for a man's running issue, an emission of semen, a woman's menstruation, and a prolonged flow of blood.

• Ezekiel 36:26Bible Verses

  Ezekiel 36:26 records God's promise to give a new spirit, to take away the stony heart, and to give a heart of flesh. It is a principal Old Testament text on regeneration and the inward transforming work of the Holy Spirit, and it is frequently cited in discussions among denominations about how God's work and the human response relate to each other in conversion.

• 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.