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Drachma
[Bible]The drachma was an ancient Greek silver coin and monetary unit. In the New Testament it appears in the parable of the lost coin in Luke 15, and it is generally understood to have been worth about a laborer's daily wage.
Purity Laws
[Bible]The purity laws are regulations of the Old Testament law that distinguish between the "clean" and the "unclean" in persons and objects and prescribe the procedures by which those who have become unclean may be made clean again. They appear chiefly in Leviticus 11–15 and Numbers 19.
Nazirite
[Bible]A Nazirite was a person who, having made a special vow, separated himself or herself to the LORD for a set period or for life by abstaining from wine, leaving the hair uncut, and avoiding contact with dead bodies. The regulations appear in Numbers 6.
Machir
[People]Machir was the firstborn son of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and the father of Gilead. His name also designates a branch of the tribe of Manasseh (the Machirites) that took possession of the land of Gilead east of the Jordan River.
Eliam
[People]Eliam is a name that appears twice in 2 Samuel: once for the father of Bathsheba, and once for the son of Ahithophel, one of David's mighty men. The text does not state directly whether the two are the same person.
Jennie Evans Moore
[People]Jennie Evans Moore (1874 or 1883–1936) was an African American Pentecostal leader. She was among the first to speak in tongues in the early days of the Azusa Street Revival, married William J. Seymour in 1908, and led the Azusa Street Mission after her husband's death.
Esther
[Bible]Esther is a book of the Old Testament. In ten chapters it tells the story of Esther, a Jewish queen at the Persian court who averted the threatened annihilation of her people.
Exodus 21:23-25
[Bible Verses]Known as the law of retaliation, this passage calls for repayment of "life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth." Although often misunderstood as encouraging revenge, it is generally interpreted as a law that originally limited punishment to a measure proportionate to the injury. It is also well known as the saying that Jesus quoted and went beyond in the Sermon on the Mount.
Lois and Eunice
[People]Lois and Eunice were New Testament women, the grandmother and mother of Timothy, the apostle Paul's coworker. In 2 Timothy 1:5 they are named as the ones in whom Timothy's faith first dwelt.
Egypt
[Bible]Egypt is the ancient nation in the Nile River valley of northeastern Africa. It is the setting of the Joseph narrative and the Exodus, and in Scripture it serves as a place symbolizing both bondage and deliverance.
Pearl
[Bible]A pearl is a round gem formed inside a mollusk. In the Bible it denotes something of great value, and it is best known from the New Testament parable of the pearl of great price and from the pearly gates of the New Jerusalem.
Numbers 12
[Bible]Numbers 12 recounts how Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses over his Cushite wife, how God affirms Moses' unique standing, and how Miriam is struck with leprosy and shut out of the camp for seven days.
Job 14
[Bible]Job 14 is the chapter in which Job laments to God the brevity and trouble of human life. Contrasting a tree, which sprouts again after it is cut down, with a human being, who dies and does not rise again, he raises the question of hope beyond death.
Ezekiel 16
[Bible]Ezekiel 16 portrays Jerusalem as an infant abandoned in an open field. The LORD takes her into covenant and raises her to the rank of queen, but she becomes an unfaithful wife. Through this image the chapter pronounces judgment on Jerusalem's idolatry. It closes with God's promise to establish an everlasting covenant and restore her.
1 Corinthians 7
[Bible]1 Corinthians 7 is the chapter in which Paul answers questions about marriage, celibacy, and divorce that the Corinthian believers had raised in a letter to him. It contains his exhortation to remain in the condition in which one was called, as well as his opinion recommending celibacy in view of the impending distress.
Christian Wedding Service
[Worship & Rites]A Christian wedding service is a ceremony conducted as an act of worship in which a Christian man and woman make their marriage vows before God and receive a blessing upon their union. It is usually officiated by a pastor and may be held in a church or a wedding hall.
Job 14:4
[Bible Verses]Job 14:4 is part of Job's appeal to God concerning human frailty, in which he says that a "clean thing" cannot come out of an "unclean." In the Christian tradition, the verse is often cited as a proof text for original sin and the corruption of human nature.
Hazeroth
[Bible]Hazeroth was an encampment where the Israelites stopped after Kibroth-hattaavah during their wilderness journey following the Exodus. There Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, and Miriam was stricken with leprosy.
Yi Yong-do
[People]Yi Yong-do (1901–1933) was a Methodist minister and revivalist active in Korea during the Japanese colonial period and is officially recognized for his contributions to Korean independence. In the early 1930s he led revival meetings throughout the country, but critics accused him of mysticism, and he became embroiled in a heresy controversy at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.
Augustine of Hippo
[People]Augustine (354–430) was bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa and one of the foremost Church Fathers of the Western church. His teaching on grace and sin profoundly influenced the Protestant Reformers.