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• Genealogy

  [Bible]

  A genealogy is a record that traces descent from ancestors to descendants by name. In the Bible, genealogies appear in Genesis, 1 Chronicles, Matthew, Luke, and elsewhere.

• Biblical Weights and Measures

  [Bible]

  Biblical weights and measures are the units of length, weight, volume, and currency that appear in the Bible. They include the cubit, shekel, talent, ephah, and denarius. Converting them precisely into modern values is difficult.

• Hivites

  [Bible]

  In the Old Testament, the Hivites are presented as descendants of Canaan and as one of the so-called "seven nations" that inhabited the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The people of Shechem and Gibeon are identified as Hivites.

• Mahalalel

  [People]

  Mahalalel is an antediluvian figure in the genealogy of Genesis 5. In the line of Seth, he is the son of Kenan and the father of Jared. Scripture records that he lived 895 years.

• Altar

  [Bible]

  An altar is a structure built of earth, stone, or similar materials for offering sacrifices to God and for worship. The altars of the patriarchs lead to the altar of burnt offering in the tabernacle and the temple, and the New Testament reads the altar in connection with the sacrifice of Christ.

• Gog and Magog

  [Bible]

  Gog and Magog are names that appear in Ezekiel 38–39 and Revelation 20 for hostile forces that come against the people of God in the last days. Magog also appears in Genesis 10 as a son of Japheth.

• Calah

  [Bible]

  Calah is an ancient city in the land of Assyria mentioned alongside Nineveh in Genesis 10. Its Akkadian name was Kalhu, and its site is identified with the ruins of Nimrud in northern Iraq.

• Meshech

  [People]

  Meshech is listed in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 as a son of Japheth. The name also designates the people and region descended from him, and in Ezekiel it appears together with Tubal as a northern nation.

• Hebrews 11:1

  [Bible Verses]

  Hebrews 11:1 reads, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." The verse opens Hebrews 11, the chapter on faith. Translations and interpretations differ on the meaning of the Greek words rendered "substance" and "evidence."

• 1 Peter 3:19–20

  [Bible Verses]

  This passage states that Christ, by the Spirit, "preached unto the spirits in prison." Because it is unclear when Christ preached, to whom, and what he proclaimed, it is regarded as one of the most difficult texts in the New Testament to interpret. It is closely tied to discussion of the Apostles' Creed clause on Christ's descent into hell.

• Matthew 24:36

  [Bible Verses]

  Matthew 24:36 is the saying of Jesus that no one knows the day and hour of his coming, not even the angels or the Son, but the Father only. It is a key verse against date-setting eschatology, which fixes a date for the Second Coming, and it has also raised theological questions about the divinity and humanity of Jesus.

• Genesis 1:28

  [Bible Verses]

  Genesis 1:28 is the verse in which God blesses humankind, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion." In the Reformed tradition it is called the "cultural mandate," and it is frequently cited in debates over responsibility for the environmental crisis.

• Cush

  [Bible]

  Cush is the name the Old Testament uses for the region of the upper Nile south of Egypt and for its people. It is also the name of a son of Ham. The Septuagint rendered it "Ethiopia."

• Canaanites

  [Bible]

  The Canaanites were the inhabitants of the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The Bible presents them as descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, and the name can refer either to the entire population of the land or to one group among several peoples.

• Zelophehad

  [People]

  Zelophehad was a man of the tribe of Manasseh who died during the wilderness period. He left no sons, only five daughters, and their petition led to the establishment of the law governing the inheritance of land by daughters.

• Sign

  [Bible]

  A sign is a mark that reveals God's will or shows in advance what is to come. In the Old Testament the term refers to signs of the covenant and to the symbolic acts of the prophets; in the New Testament it extends to the signs performed by Jesus and to the signs of the end times.

• Meshech and Tubal

  [Bible]

  Meshech and Tubal are two peoples introduced in the Old Testament as descendants of Japheth. In the Book of Ezekiel they appear as northern nations that traded with Tyre and as peoples ruled by Gog.

• Numbers 27

  [Bible]

  Numbers 27 recounts how the daughters of Zelophehad ask for their father's inheritance, which gives rise to a law of inheritance for daughters. It also tells how, after Moses is told of his coming death, Joshua is commissioned as his successor by the laying on of hands.

• Young Earth Creationism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Young earth creationism is a view within creationism that reads the six days of creation in Genesis as literal 24-hour days and holds that the universe and the earth are roughly 6,000 to 10,000 years old.

• Ezekiel 15

  [Bible]

  Ezekiel 15 is a short prophetic parable declaring that, just as a useless vine branch becomes firewood, the inhabitants of Jerusalem will be given over to the fire of judgment.