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• Daniel 8

  [Bible]

  Daniel 8 records Daniel's vision of a ram and a male goat in the third year of King Belshazzar, together with its interpretation by the angel Gabriel. The chapter features a "little horn" that defiles the sanctuary and the "two thousand and three hundred days."

• Daniel 5

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  Daniel 5 tells how Belshazzar, king of Babylon, held a feast using vessels from the temple in Jerusalem, saw handwriting appear on the wall, and heard Daniel interpret it; that same night the kingdom fell.

• Hebrews 7

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  Hebrews 7 describes Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest, and teaches that the priesthood of Jesus after the order of Melchizedek is superior to the Levitical priesthood and is eternal.

• Nepheg

  [People]

  Nepheg is a Levite mentioned in Exodus 6:21. He was a son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, and a brother of Korah and Zichri. Scripture records only his name.

• Mishael (son of Uzziel)

  [People]

  Mishael was a son of Uzziel, a Kohathite of the tribe of Levi, and a cousin of Moses and Aaron. When Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu died, he and his brother Elzaphan carried their bodies out of the camp.

• Segub

  [People]

  Segub was the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He died when his father set up the city's gates, and Scripture records his death as the fulfillment of the word spoken by Joshua (1 Kings 16:34).