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Passover
[Bible]Passover is a Jewish festival commemorating the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt. In Christianity, it provides the background for understanding the death of Jesus Christ and the Lord's Supper.
Proverbs 1:7
[Bible Verses]Proverbs 1:7 declares that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, stating the theme of the entire Book of Proverbs. Christian schools and educational institutions widely use it as a motto, and it is often cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and learning.
Romans 10:13-14
[Bible Verses]Romans 10:13-14 is a passage in which the apostle Paul quotes the Book of Joel to declare that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Through a series of questions moving from calling to believing, hearing, and preaching, he then shows the necessity of proclaiming the gospel. The passage is frequently cited as an invitation to salvation and as a basis for evangelism and missions.
Hoshea (King of Israel)
[People]Hoshea was the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He came to the throne by killing Pekah, and during his reign Assyria captured the capital, Samaria, bringing the northern kingdom to an end (2 Kings 17).
Deuteronomy 33
[Bible]Deuteronomy 33 is a poem in which Moses blesses the tribes of Israel one by one before his death. It opens with the appearing of the LORD, moves through blessings on the individual tribes, and closes with praise to the God who saved Israel.
Numbers 11:29
[Bible Verses]Numbers 11:29 records Moses' reply to Joshua, who had urged him to stop Eldad and Medad from prophesying in the camp. Moses answers that he wishes the LORD would put his Spirit on all the people so that all might be prophets. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, spiritual gifts, and lay ministry.
Romans 10:9-10
[Bible Verses]Romans 10:9–10 teaches that "if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." The passage preserves one of the oldest confessions of faith of the early church and is widely used in evangelism and in the sinner's prayer.
Ashtoreth
[Bible]Ashtoreth (also Ashtaroth) is a Canaanite and Sidonian goddess named in the Old Testament. Usually mentioned together with Baal, her name serves as a representative term for the foreign gods that Israel served after forsaking the LORD.
Deuteronomy 6:4–5
[Bible Verses]Known as the Shema, this passage begins, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD." It is the central confession of faith in Judaism, was cited by Jesus as the greatest commandment, and serves as the starting point for discussions of the relationship between monotheism and the doctrine of the Trinity.
Exodus 24:8
[Bible Verses]The verse in which Moses, at Mount Sinai, sprinkles the blood of the sacrifices on the people and declares it "the blood of the covenant," completing the ratification of the covenant between God and Israel. Because Jesus' words instituting the Lord's Supper and the Epistle to the Hebrews take up this expression, these passages are frequently read together.
Jehovah-shalom
[Bible]Jehovah-shalom, meaning "The LORD is peace," is the name the judge Gideon gave to the altar he built at Ophrah. The name appears in Judges 6:24.
Obadiah (Steward of Ahab's Household)
[People]Obadiah was the official in charge of the royal household of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. When Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, he hid one hundred prophets in caves and fed them. He appears in 1 Kings 18.
Jehovah Rapha
[Bible]Jehovah Rapha, meaning "the LORD who heals," is a title of God drawn from Exodus 15:26: "for I am the LORD that healeth thee."
Isaiah 40:31
[Bible Verses]Isaiah 40:31 promises that those who wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength, mount up with wings as eagles, and run without growing weary. It is one of the most widely loved verses for comforting weary believers, and interpreters continue to discuss what it means to "wait upon" the LORD.
Obadiah 1:15
[Bible Verses]In this verse Obadiah, having indicted Edom for its sins, declares that the day of the LORD is near upon all nations and sets out the principle of retribution: what one has done will return upon one's own head. The verse marks the turning point at which judgment on the single nation of Edom widens into judgment on all nations, and it is frequently cited as a representative statement of the idea of retribution.
Jehovah-shalom
[Bible]Jehovah-shalom is the name Gideon gave to the altar he built at Ophrah in Judges 6:24. In Hebrew it means "the LORD is peace."
Bochim
[Bible]Bochim is a place mentioned in Judges 2:1-5. Its name, meaning "weepers," arose because the people of Israel lifted up their voices and wept there after being rebuked by the angel of the LORD.
Portion
[Bible]A portion is a share that is divided and received, such as an inheritance or an allotment of land. In the Old Testament the term is used for the tribes' allotments of land and in the confession of faith "the LORD is my portion"; in the New Testament it appears in the parable of the prodigal son.
Judges 2
[Bible]Judges 2 records the Angel of the LORD rebuking Israel's disobedience at Bochim and describes the apostasy of the generation that arose after Joshua's death. It then summarizes the recurring pattern of the period of the judges: sin, oppression, crying out, and deliverance through judges.
Judges 3
[Bible]Judges 3 introduces the nations the LORD left to test Israel, then recounts the stories of Othniel, the first judge; Ehud, who killed King Eglon of Moab; and Shamgar, who struck down the Philistines.