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327 articles found for “Priest; High priest; Tabernacle”

• 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.

• Hebrews 5

  [Bible]

  Hebrews 5 sets out the qualifications of a high priest and states that Christ, called by God, became a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. It then rebukes the readers for their spiritual immaturity.

• Leviticus 21

  [Bible]

  Leviticus 21 sets out the holiness regulations that priests and the high priest must observe. It addresses funerals and mourning, marriage, and the sacrificial duties of priests with physical blemishes.

• Leviticus 9:22–23

  [Bible Verses]

  In this scene Aaron, having completed his first sacrifices as high priest, lifts up his hands and blesses the people; he then blesses them again together with Moses, and the glory of the LORD appears. The passage is frequently cited as a biblical background for the benediction pronounced at the close of worship.

• Leviticus 16

  [Bible]

  Leviticus 16 contains the regulations for the Day of Atonement, when the high priest Aaron enters the Most Holy Place once a year to make atonement for himself, for the people, and for the sanctuary. It describes the rite in which one of two goats is sent into the wilderness for Azazel.

• Zechariah 3

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  Zechariah 3 records one of Zechariah's visions, in which Joshua the high priest, accused by Satan, has his filthy garments removed and receives clean garments and a mitre. The chapter then presents promises concerning "my servant the BRANCH" and a stone with seven eyes.

• Epistle to the Hebrews

  [Bible]

  Hebrews is the nineteenth book of the New Testament. It presents Jesus Christ as the true High Priest who fulfilled the sacrifices and priesthood of the Old Testament, and it exhorts its readers to hold fast to the faith.

• 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.

• Peter's Denial

  [Bible]

  Peter's denial is the episode on the night of Jesus' arrest in which the disciple Peter, in the courtyard of the high priest's house, denied three times that he knew Jesus. It is recorded in all four Gospels.

• Acts 24

  [Bible]

  Acts 24 is the chapter in which Paul stands trial before the governor Felix at Caesarea. The accusation brought by the high priest's party is followed by Paul's defense, and the chapter ends with Felix deferring judgment and keeping Paul in custody for two years.

• Zerubbabel

  [People]

  Zerubbabel was a descendant of the royal house of David who led the people of Judah home from the Babylonian exile. He served as governor of Judah during the Persian period and, together with the high priest Jeshua, led the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.

• Hebrews 2:18

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse stating that because Jesus himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted. It links the true humanity of Jesus with his office as high priest and is often cited as a source of comfort in suffering.

• Hebrews 2:14–17

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage explaining that Christ took on the same flesh and blood as human beings in order to destroy the devil, who held the power of death, and to become a high priest who deals with the sins of the people. Because it addresses both the Incarnation and the atonement, it is frequently cited in discussions of Christology and the doctrine of the atonement.

• Joash

  [People]

  Joash was a king of Judah who survived Athaliah's massacre of the royal family and came to the throne at the age of seven. He repaired the temple, but according to 2 Chronicles, after the death of the high priest Jehoiada he served idols and had Jehoiada's son Zechariah put to death.

• Day of Atonement

  [Bible]

  The Day of Atonement was an annual holy day of Old Testament Israel, observed on the tenth day of the seventh month, when the high priest entered the Most Holy Place to make atonement for the sins of the people and for the sanctuary. Its procedure is described in Leviticus 16.

• 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.

• Zechariah 6

  [Bible]

  Zechariah 6 contains the vision of the four chariots, the last of Zechariah's eight night visions. It also records the crowning of Joshua the high priest and the proclamation that a man whose name is "the BRANCH" will build the temple of the LORD.

• Hebrews 4

  [Bible]

  Hebrews 4 uses the disobedience of the wilderness generation as a warning and urges readers to strive to enter God's rest. It also presents the living word of God and Jesus, the great High Priest who understands our weaknesses.

• 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).

• Heldai

  [People]

  Heldai was a Jew who returned from the Babylonian exile. In Zechariah 6, the silver and gold received from him were made into crowns that were set upon the head of Joshua the high priest. In Zechariah 6:14 he is called "Helem."