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• 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.

• Nahshon

  [People]

  Nahshon was the leader of the tribe of Judah during the wilderness period after the Exodus. The son of Amminadab and the brother-in-law of Aaron, he appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.

• Ezra (Scribe)

  [People]

  Ezra was a priest and scribe of Judah in the Persian period who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem and taught the law of Moses. He appears in Ezra 7–10, Nehemiah 8, and elsewhere.

• Numbers 12

  [Bible]

  Numbers 12 recounts how Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses over his Cushite wife, how God affirms Moses' unique standing, and how Miriam is struck with leprosy and shut out of the camp for seven days.

• Levi (Son of Jacob)

  [People]

  Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses and Aaron, as well as the Levites and priests who served in the tabernacle and the temple, were all his descendants.

• Exodus 6

  [Bible]

  Exodus 6 is the chapter in which God reveals His name with the words "I am the LORD" and promises deliverance to Moses, who has grown discouraged under Pharaoh's oppression. The chapter also contains a genealogy tracing the lineage of Moses and Aaron.

• Exodus 4

  [Bible]

  Exodus 4 is the chapter in which, as Moses hesitates to accept his calling, God gives him three signs and appoints his brother Aaron to help him; Moses then leaves Midian, returns to Egypt, and delivers God's word to the elders of Israel.

• Hur

  [People]

  Hur was an Israelite leader who served alongside Moses and Aaron during the Exodus. He is best known for holding up Moses' hands with Aaron during the battle against Amalek.

• Exodus 7

  [Bible]

  Exodus 7 is the chapter in which Moses and Aaron perform the sign of turning a rod into a serpent before Pharaoh and in which the first plague occurs, as the waters of the Nile ("the river") are turned to blood.

• Mount Hor

  [Bible]

  Mount Hor is a mountain in the Book of Numbers. Located on the border of Edom, it is where Aaron died and the place from which Israel set out just before the episode of the bronze serpent. A mountain of the same name also appears on the northern boundary of the Promised Land.

• Red Heifer

  [Bible]

  The red heifer is a purification ordinance found in Numbers 19. A red heifer without blemish was burned whole outside the camp, and its ashes were mixed with water and used to purify a person who had become unclean through contact with a dead body.

• Deuel

  [People]

  Deuel is a biblical figure named only in the Book of Numbers, where he appears as the father of Eliasaph, leader of the tribe of Gad during the wilderness period. In Numbers 2:14 his name is written "Reuel."

• Aaron's Rod

  [Bible]

  Aaron's rod was the staff carried by Aaron, the elder brother of Moses, and was used to perform signs before Pharaoh during the Exodus. In the wilderness it budded and bore fruit overnight, becoming a sign that confirmed the priesthood of Aaron's house.

• Breastplate (High Priest)

  [Bible]

  The breastplate was a square ornamental piece of fabric that the high priest of Old Testament Israel wore on his chest over the ephod. It held twelve gemstones engraved with the names of the twelve tribes and contained the Urim and Thummim.

• Psalm 133:1

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse celebrating how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. It is frequently read at joint worship services of churches and denominations and at family gatherings, and it is cited by various sides in debates over how far the scope of unity should extend.

• Exodus 8

  [Bible]

  Exodus 8 records the second through fourth of the ten plagues: frogs, lice, and swarms of flies. Each time a plague ends, Pharaoh hardens his heart and refuses to let the people of Israel go.

• High Priest

  [Bible]

  The high priest held the foremost position among the priests of Old Testament Israel, an office whose holder entered the Most Holy Place on the Day of Atonement to make atonement for the people. The New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews presents Jesus Christ as the eternal High Priest.

• Urim and Thummim

  [Bible]

  The Urim and Thummim were objects in the Old Testament that the high priest carried in the breastplate of judgment and used when seeking God's will. Scripture does not describe their appearance or explain how they were used.

• Zechariah and Elizabeth

  [People]

  Zechariah and Elizabeth were a priestly couple in Luke 1 who remained childless into old age. As the angel Gabriel had foretold, they became the parents of John the Baptist.

• Psalm 99

  [Bible]

  Psalm 99 is a hymn of praise celebrating the reign of the LORD as King. A refrain declaring his holiness occurs three times, and the psalm exalts the God who answered the prayers of Moses, Aaron, and Samuel and who forgave sin.