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• Psalm 118:22Bible Verses

  A verse of Psalm 118 confessing that the stone people rejected has become the most important stone of the house. Quoted several times in the New Testament, it is widely used to refer to the rejection and exaltation of Jesus Christ.

• CornerstoneBible

  A cornerstone is an important stone set at the corner of a building to align its walls and stabilize its structure. It appears in Psalm 118 and Isaiah 28, and the New Testament takes up the image as a reference to Jesus Christ.

• Psalm 118Bible

  Psalm 118 is a song of thanksgiving in which one who has been delivered from distress enters the gates of the temple and gives thanks for the LORD's everlasting mercy. "The stone which the builders refused" (verse 22) and "he that cometh in the name of the LORD" (verse 26) are quoted in the New Testament and applied to Jesus.

• Ark of the CovenantBible

  The Ark of the Covenant was a gold-overlaid wooden chest made at God's command in the time of Moses. It held the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments and was kept in the Most Holy Place of the tabernacle and later of the temple. It is also called the "ark of the law."

• OnyxBible

  Onyx is the name of a precious stone used to translate the Hebrew word shoham. It first appears as a stone found in the land of Havilah near Eden, and it was used on the high priest's ephod as the stone engraved with the names of the sons of Israel.

• Empty TombBible

  The empty tomb is the event in which women went to the tomb of Jesus early on the first day of the week, the third day after his crucifixion and burial, and found the stone moved away and his body gone. All four Gospels record it.

• Golden Calf IncidentBible

  The golden calf incident is the episode in which the Israelites, while Moses was receiving the law on Mount Sinai, had Aaron make an image of a calf out of gold and then offered sacrifices and held a feast before it. Recorded in Exodus 32, it is regarded as one of the foremost examples of idolatry in the Old Testament.

• John 20Bible

  John 20 opens with Mary Magdalene's discovery of the empty tomb and recounts the appearances of the risen Jesus to Mary, to the disciples, and to Thomas. The chapter closes with a statement of the book's purpose.

• Tablets of the TestimonyBible

  The tablets of the testimony are the two stone tablets, inscribed with the Ten Commandments, that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. They were kept inside the Ark of the Covenant as a witness to the covenant between God and Israel.

• Tablets of the CovenantBible

  The Tablets of the Covenant are the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. Scripture also calls them the tables of testimony and records that they were kept inside the Ark of the Covenant.

• Cornerstone Laying CeremonyWorship & Rites

  A cornerstone laying ceremony is a service held during the construction of a new sanctuary or church building, in which the cornerstone, or foundation stone, is set upon the foundation and the building work is committed to God.

• Mesha SteleHistory

  The Mesha Stele is a basalt monument erected in the mid-ninth century BC by Mesha, king of Moab, to commemorate his victory over Israel. It is known as an ancient extrabiblical record that mentions persons and events connected with 2 Kings 3.

• EbenezerBible

  Ebenezer, Hebrew for "stone of help," is the name of the memorial stone that Samuel set up after defeating the Philistines, saying, "Hitherto hath the LORD helped us." A place of the same name also appears in 1 Samuel 4.

• Deuteronomy 10Bible

  Deuteronomy 10 recounts Moses' receiving of the second tablets of stone and the ark, and exhorts Israel to fear and love the LORD, to circumcise their hearts, and to love the stranger.

• Exodus 34Bible

  Exodus 34 is the chapter in which, after the golden calf incident, God gives Moses new tablets of stone, proclaims His name and character, and renews His covenant with Israel. It closes with the account of Moses' face shining after he came down from Mount Sinai and of his covering it with a veil.

• 2 Corinthians 3Bible

  Second Corinthians 3 is the chapter in which Paul calls the Corinthian believers an "epistle of Christ" written on human hearts and, using the image of Moses' veil, compares the ministry of the old covenant engraved on tables of stone with the ministry of the new covenant carried out by the Spirit.

• 1 Samuel 7Bible

  1 Samuel 7 recounts how, while the ark of the covenant remains at Kiriath-jearim, Samuel gathers Israel at Mizpah and leads the people in repentance, and how, after the Philistines are defeated, he sets up the Ebenezer stone. The chapter closes with a summary of Samuel's lifelong service as judge over Israel.

• PishonBible

  The Pishon is the first of the four rivers formed when the river that watered the Garden of Eden divided, as described in Genesis 2. Scripture records that it flows around the land of Havilah, where gold, bdellium, and onyx are found.

• John 8:7Bible Verses

  John 8:7 is the verse in which Jesus says to those about to stone a woman taken in adultery, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." It is a classic text on mercy and forgiveness, but it raises a textual problem: the entire story is absent from the oldest manuscripts.