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Maimonides
[People]Maimonides (c. 1138–1204) was a medieval Jewish rabbi, philosopher, and physician. He wrote the *Mishneh Torah* and *The Guide for the Perplexed*, works that later influenced both Jewish and Christian theology.
Glory of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The glory of God refers to the majesty and beauty of God's being and character and to their manifestation in the world. The term can also denote the act of human beings exalting and praising God.
Honoring Parents
[Christian Life]Honoring parents is the biblical teaching that children are to respect and serve their parents. It is set forth in one of the Ten Commandments. In Korean churches, it is practiced through observances such as Parents' Sunday and memorial services.
Brook of Egypt
[Bible]The Brook of Egypt is a seasonal stream (wadi) named in the Old Testament as the southwestern boundary of the land of Canaan. It is commonly identified with Wadi el-Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula, though scholars differ on its exact location.
Exodus 2
[Bible]Exodus 2 narrates the birth of Moses, his placement in an ark of bulrushes, and his adoption by Pharaoh's daughter. It then follows the grown Moses as he kills an Egyptian, flees to Midian, and marries Zipporah. At the close of the chapter, God hears the cry of Israel and remembers His covenant.
Leviticus 2
[Bible]Leviticus 2 sets out the regulations for the grain offering, an offering presented from grain. It covers how to offer fine flour, baked cakes, and the firstfruits of grain, prohibits leaven and honey, and prescribes the salt of the covenant.
Numbers 30
[Bible]Numbers 30 is a law concerning vows and oaths. It states the principle that a vow must be kept as spoken. It also provides that a father or husband may annul a vow made by a daughter in his house or by a wife on the day he hears of it.
2 Samuel 3
[Bible]2 Samuel 3 recounts how Abner, the power behind the house of Saul, attempts to go over to David but is murdered by Joab, and how David mourns him and publicly declares his own innocence.
2 Chronicles 2
[Bible]2 Chronicles 2 records Solomon's decision to build the temple and his royal palace, his exchange of letters with Huram king of Tyre, who agrees to supply timber and a skilled craftsman, and his conscription of foreign laborers.
Nehemiah 1
[Bible]Nehemiah 1 is the chapter in which Nehemiah, serving as the king's cupbearer in Shushan the palace in Persia, hears that the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down. He fasts, confesses the people's sins, and prays for restoration.
Ezra 5
[Bible]Ezra 5 is the chapter in which Zerubbabel and Jeshua, moved by the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah, resume the halted construction of the temple, and Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River, writes to King Darius to ask whether the building has been authorized.
Holiness of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The holiness of God is the divine attribute by which God is set apart from all creatures and is perfectly pure, unmixed with sin. On the basis of this holiness, Scripture calls God's people to live holy lives as well.
Psalm 33
[Bible]Psalm 33 is a hymn of praise that calls worshipers to praise the LORD, who created the world by his word and governs history. It urges hope not in armies and horses but in the LORD's mercy.
Psalm 94
[Bible]Psalm 94 is a psalm of lament that appeals to God, the Judge of the earth, for righteous judgment against the oppression of the wicked. It closes with trust in the God who does not forsake His people.
Bethesda
[Bible]Bethesda was a pool by the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem where Jesus, on the Sabbath, healed a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years (John 5:1–18).
Bread (Bible)
[Bible]In the Bible, bread is a baked food made from kneaded grain flour. It was a staple food and a sign of God's provision, and in the New Testament it is connected with Jesus as the bread of life and with the Lord's Supper.
Truth (Biblical Concept)
[Bible]In the Bible, truth denotes what is genuine rather than false. In the Old Testament it refers to the faithfulness of God, and in the New Testament it refers especially to Jesus Christ and his word.
Conscience
[Bible]Conscience is a biblical term for the inner awareness by which a person reflects on and knows the rightness or wrongness of his or her own conduct. It appears chiefly in the Pauline Epistles of the New Testament.
Shadrach
[People]Shadrach, originally named Hananiah, is a man of Judah in the Book of Daniel. One of Daniel's three friends, he refused with Meshach and Abednego to bow down to a golden image. The three were cast into a fiery furnace and came out alive.
Ecclesiastes 4
[Bible]Ecclesiastes 4 records the Preacher's reflections on the oppression and envy he has seen under the sun, on solitary toil, and on the fleeting nature of power, and teaches that two are better than one.