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Ezekiel 8
[Bible]Ezekiel 8 is the chapter in which Ezekiel, while in Babylon, is brought in a vision to the temple in Jerusalem, where he sees in succession four abominable forms of idolatry practiced in and around the temple.
Nadab and Abihu
[People]Nadab and Abihu were the eldest and second sons of Aaron. Appointed as priests, they offered incense with "strange fire," which the LORD had not commanded, and were killed by fire that went out from before the LORD.
1 Chronicles 28
[Bible]1 Chronicles 28 is the chapter in which David assembles the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, announces that Solomon will build the temple, and gives Solomon the plans for the temple along with a solemn charge.
Leviticus 9
[Bible]Leviticus 9 records the eighth day, after the seven days of priestly ordination were completed. On that day Aaron offered sacrifices for the first time and blessed the people, and then the glory of the LORD appeared and fire came out and consumed the offerings.
Massah
[Bible]Massah is the name given to the place at Rephidim where, after the Exodus, the Israelites quarreled with Moses over the lack of water and put the LORD to the test. It is named together with Meribah, and the name Massah means "testing."
Exodus 24
[Bible]Exodus 24 is the chapter in which Israel, at Mount Sinai, pledges to keep God's words and the covenant is ratified with sprinkled blood, and in which Moses goes up into the cloud to receive the tablets of stone and remains there forty days.
Twenty-Four Elders
[Bible]The twenty-four elders are heavenly elders in the Book of Revelation who sit on twenty-four thrones surrounding the throne of God and, together with the four living creatures, worship God and the Lamb.
Tradition of the Elders
[Bible]The "tradition of the elders" is a New Testament expression for the regulations, handed down from generation to generation outside the Law of Moses, that the Pharisees and scribes observed. It appears in the dispute over handwashing in Matthew 15 and Mark 7.
Oral Law
[Bible]The Oral Law is the body of Jewish interpretations and regulations believed to have been transmitted by word of mouth alongside the written law of the Pentateuch. In the New Testament it appears under the expression "the tradition of the elders."
Division of the Kingdom
[Bible]The division of the kingdom of Israel after the death of Solomon into the southern kingdom of Judah under Rehoboam and the northern kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam. It is recorded in 1 Kings 12 and 2 Chronicles 10.
Council of Jerusalem
[Bible]The Council of Jerusalem is an event recorded in Acts 15. The apostles and elders of the Jerusalem church met to consider whether Gentile believers must be circumcised and keep the law of Moses, and they reached a decision on the matter.
Tertullus
[People]Tertullus was the courtroom orator who, in Acts 24, accused Paul before the Roman governor Felix on behalf of the high priest Ananias and the elders.
Ruth 4
[Bible]The final chapter of the Book of Ruth, in which Boaz acquires the right of redemption at the gate of Bethlehem and takes Ruth as his wife. Their son Obed, the grandfather of David, is born, and the chapter closes with a genealogy from Perez to David.
Matthew 15
[Bible]Matthew 15 recounts the dispute over handwashing and the tradition of the elders, the faith of a Canaanite woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon, healings beside the Sea of Galilee, and the feeding of the four thousand.
Mark 7
[Bible]Mark 7 records Jesus' dispute with the Pharisees and scribes over the tradition of the elders, his teaching that what defiles a person comes from the heart, and his healing of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter and of a deaf man with a speech impediment.
Halakha
[Bible]Halakha refers to the body of Jewish legal interpretation and regulation that organizes the commandments of the Pentateuch for application to daily life. The practices on which it rests appear in the New Testament under the name "the tradition of the elders."
Pharisees
[Bible]The Pharisees were a group within Judaism in the New Testament era. They strictly observed the Law of Moses and "the tradition of the elders," and in the Gospels they appear chiefly as opponents who dispute with Jesus.
Mishnah
[Bible]The Mishnah is a written compilation, made around the late second or early third century, of the interpretations of the law that Jewish rabbis had transmitted orally. It does not appear in the Bible, but it serves as background material for understanding the "tradition of the elders" and the Sabbath controversies in the Gospels.
Massah and Meribah
[Bible]Massah and Meribah are the names given to places in the wilderness where, after the Exodus, the people of Israel quarreled with Moses over the lack of water and tested God. Massah means "testing," and Meribah means "quarreling."
Presbytery District (Sichal)
[Organization & Polity]In Korean Presbyterian polity, a presbytery district (sichal) is a subordinate unit formed when a presbytery divides its territory into several districts, so that its member churches can be visited and the presbytery can be assisted in its administration. The meeting of the ministers and elders of such a district is called a district council (sichalhoe).