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• Ephod

  [Bible]

  The ephod was a vest-like outer garment worn by the high priest in the Old Testament. Priests also wore a linen ephod, and the ephod served as a means of inquiring of God's will.

• Annas

  [People]

  Annas was a former Jewish high priest in the time of Jesus and the father-in-law of Caiaphas. He was the first person before whom Jesus was brought after his arrest, and he also appears at the interrogation of the apostles.

• Malchus

  [People]

  Malchus was the servant of the high priest whose right ear Peter cut off with a sword when Jesus Christ was arrested in Gethsemane. His name appears only in the Gospel of John.

• Consecration of the Priests

  [Bible]

  The consecration of the priests was the seven-day ceremony in which Moses installed Aaron and his sons as priests of Israel. The command for it is recorded in Exodus 29, and its performance in Leviticus 8.

• Eleazar

  [People]

  Eleazar was the third son of Aaron and the biblical figure who succeeded his father as Israel's second high priest. Together with Joshua, he oversaw the distribution of the land of Canaan.

• Jozadak

  [People]

  Jozadak was the son of Seraiah, the high priest in Jerusalem just before the Babylonian exile. He was carried into captivity when Judah fell, and Scripture records him as the father of Jeshua (Joshua), who became high priest after the return from exile.

• Jehozadak

  [People]

  Jehozadak was a priest of the Babylonian exile, a descendant of the high-priestly line, and the father of Joshua, the first high priest after the return from exile. He was carried away when Nebuchadnezzar took Judah captive.

• Priest

  [Bible]

  In Old Testament Israel, the priest held an office that stood between God and the people, offering sacrifices and teaching the Law. The New Testament carries this office forward in the high priesthood of Christ and the priesthood of all believers.

• Abihu

  [People]

  Abihu, the second son of the high priest Aaron in the Old Testament, was consecrated as a priest along with his older brother Nadab. He died by fire that came out from before the LORD after offering incense with "strange fire," which the LORD had not commanded.

• Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah)

  [People]

  Zephaniah son of Maaseiah was a priest who served as the second priest, ranking next to the high priest, during the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. He was sent by the king as an envoy to Jeremiah and was executed at Riblah after the fall of Jerusalem.

• Breastplate of Judgment

  [Bible]

  The breastplate of judgment was a square ornament worn on the chest, over the ephod, by the high priest of Old Testament Israel. It held twelve precious stones engraved with the names of the twelve tribes, and the Urim and Thummim were placed in it.

• John 17

  [Bible]

  John 17 records the prayer Jesus offered, lifting up his eyes to heaven, after concluding the Farewell Discourse. In it he asks for his own glorification, for the preservation and sanctification of his disciples, and for the unity of those who would later believe.

• John 17:21

  [Bible Verses]

  John 17:21 is a verse from the prayer Jesus offered to the Father before his arrest, in which he asks that those who believe "all may be one" so that the world may believe. It serves as a motto of the ecumenical movement, and debate has centered on whether this unity should be understood as spiritual or as visible and institutional.

• Sadducees

  [Bible]

  The Sadducees were a Jewish sect of the New Testament era centered on the high-priestly families and the aristocracy of the Jerusalem temple. Because they rejected the resurrection, angels, and spirits, they came into conflict with Jesus and the apostles.

• Hophni

  [People]

  Hophni was a son of the priest Eli in 1 Samuel. He served as a priest at Shiloh with his brother Phinehas but treated the sacrificial offerings with contempt, and he was killed in battle against the Philistines on the day the Ark of the Covenant was captured.

• Sanhedrin

  [Bible]

  The Sanhedrin was the supreme council in Jerusalem during the New Testament period. Presided over by the high priest, it dealt with the religious and judicial affairs of the Jewish people.

• Temple Veil

  [Bible]

  The temple veil was the curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place in the tabernacle and the Jerusalem temple. Only the high priest could pass behind it, and only once a year. The Gospels record that the veil was torn when Jesus died.

• 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.

• Onyx

  [Bible]

  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.

• Jedaiah

  [People]

  Jedaiah was one of the returned exiles from Babylon mentioned in the Book of Zechariah. Together with Heldai and Tobijah, he was connected with the making of a crown for Joshua the high priest from the silver and gold they had brought (Zechariah 6:10, 14).