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• Galatians 2:16Bible Verses

  Paul's declaration that a person is justified not by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. The verse is frequently cited as a central basis for the doctrine of justification by faith, and interpreters differ over the meaning of "the works of the law" and "faith in Christ."

• Numbers 20Bible

  Numbers 20 recounts the death of Miriam at Kadesh and the incident at the waters of Meribah, after which Moses and Aaron are told that they will not enter Canaan. The chapter also records Edom's refusal to let Israel pass through its territory and the death of Aaron on Mount Hor.

• PhinehasPeople

  Phinehas was an Israelite priest, the grandson of Aaron and the son of Eleazar. Scripture records that he received a "covenant of peace" for turning away God's wrath during the incident at Baal-peor.

• Covenant of PeaceBible

  The covenant of peace is God's promise of a perpetual priesthood, given to Phinehas after the incident at Baal-peor (Numbers 25:12). In the prophetic books, the phrase also describes the covenant of peace that God will make with his restored people.

• ZurPeople

  Zur was a Midianite chieftain mentioned in the book of Numbers and the father of Cozbi, the Midianite woman killed by Phinehas during the incident at Baal-peor. He was later killed as one of the five kings of Midian in Israel's war against Midian.

• Deuteronomy 9Bible

  Deuteronomy 9 is the chapter in which Moses declares that Israel will not possess the land of Canaan because of its own righteousness. He recalls the golden calf incident at Mount Horeb, Israel's rebellions in the wilderness, and his own intercessory prayer.

• SaluPeople

  Salu is a man of the tribe of Simeon mentioned in the Book of Numbers. He was the father of Zimri, who was killed along with a Midianite woman during the incident at Baal-peor.

• 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.

• Levi (Son of Jacob)People

  Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses and Aaron, as well as the Levites and priests who served in the tabernacle and the temple, were all his descendants.

• Mount AbarimBible

  Mount Abarim is a mountain range in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, where Moses went up before his death to view the land of Canaan. Mount Nebo is described as one of the peaks of this range.

• Numbers 24Bible

  In Numbers 24, Balaam blesses Israel a third time despite the demands of Balak, king of Moab. He then sings of the "Star out of Jacob," pronounces the fates of the surrounding nations, and departs.

• IdolBible

  An idol is an image of a deity made to be worshiped in place of God or to represent God, or any object treated in that way. Scripture forbids making and worshiping idols, beginning with the Ten Commandments.

• Baal-peor IncidentBible

  The Baal-peor incident occurred near the end of the wilderness period, when Israel, encamped at Shittim on the plains of Moab, committed sexual immorality with Moabite and Midianite women and worshiped Baal-peor, bringing a great plague upon the people. It is recorded in Numbers 25.

• 105-Man IncidentHistory

  The 105-Man Incident was a 1911 case in which the Japanese Government-General of Korea fabricated a plot to assassinate Governor-General Terauchi and arrested hundreds of members of the New People's Association (Sinminhoe) and Christians from Korea's northwestern provinces. Its name comes from the 105 defendants convicted at the first trial.

• ShibbolethBible

  Shibboleth is the Hebrew word that, according to Judges 12, the Gileadites required people to pronounce at the fords of the Jordan in order to identify Ephraimites. The Ephraimites pronounced it "Sibboleth" and thereby revealed who they were.

• The Widow's Two MitesBible

  The widow's two mites refers to the incident in which Jesus, watching at the treasury of the Temple in Jerusalem, saw a poor widow put in two mites, all that she had, and declared that she had put in more than anyone else. It is recorded in the Gospels of Mark and Luke.

• Exodus 33Bible

  Exodus 33 is the chapter in which, after the golden calf incident, God declares that He will not go with the people. Moses intercedes at the tent of meeting and receives the promise "My presence shall go with thee." He then asks to see God's glory and is permitted to see His back.

• Leviticus 25Bible

  Leviticus 25 contains the regulations for the sabbatical year and the Year of Jubilee given at Mount Sinai. It commands that the land rest in the seventh year and that, in the fiftieth year, sold land be returned and fellow Israelites who had sold themselves be set free.

• Numbers 25Bible

  Numbers 25 records how Israel, while at Shittim, committed whoredom with the women of Moab and worshiped Baal-peor, bringing a plague upon the people. Phinehas stopped the plague and received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, and God commanded Israel to strike Midian.