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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.
Fine Linen
[Bible]Fine linen is a cloth finely woven from thin threads spun from flax. In the Bible it appears as the garment of priests, the clothing of honored persons, and the cloth used to wrap the dead for burial. In the Book of Revelation it represents the righteous conduct of the saints.
Qumran Community
[History]The Qumran community was a Jewish sectarian group that lived at Qumran, northwest of the Dead Sea, from about the second century BC to the middle of the first century AD. Scholars commonly associate it with the Essenes. It is generally regarded as the community to which the Dead Sea Scrolls found in the surrounding caves belonged.
Josiah's Reform
[Bible]Josiah's Reform was the religious reform in which Josiah, king of Judah, renewed the covenant and removed idolatry after the Book of the Law was found in the temple. It is recorded in 2 Kings 22–23 and 2 Chronicles 34–35.
Nehemiah 3
[Bible]Nehemiah 3 is a list recording who was responsible for each gate and section of the wall during the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls. It begins at the Sheep Gate, proceeds around the city, and returns to the Sheep Gate.
Acts 9
[Bible]Acts 9 recounts how Saul, who had been persecuting the church, encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus, was converted, and began to preach the gospel. It also tells how Peter healed Aeneas at Lydda and raised Tabitha at Joppa.
Jeshua (Levite)
[People]Jeshua was a leader of the Levites who returned from the Babylonian exile. He oversaw the rebuilding of the temple, and in the time of Nehemiah he helped explain the Law to the people and led a prayer of repentance.
Ananias (Husband of Sapphira)
[People]Ananias was a member of the early church in Jerusalem who appears in Acts 5. With his wife Sapphira, he kept back part of the price of land they had sold while presenting the rest as the full amount, and he died after being rebuked by Peter.
Asaiah
[People]Asaiah was an official of King Josiah of Judah. He appears in 2 Kings 22 and 2 Chronicles 34 as a member of the delegation that went to the prophetess Huldah to inquire of the LORD concerning the book of the law found in the Temple.
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.
Amaziah (Priest of Bethel)
[People]Amaziah was the priest of the sanctuary at Bethel in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II. In Amos 7 he accuses the prophet Amos before the king and tries to drive him out of Bethel, and in turn he receives a word of judgment.
Zechariah son of Jehoiada
[People]Zechariah son of Jehoiada was a member of a priestly family during the reign of King Joash of Judah. After rebuking the people for idolatry, he was stoned to death in the temple court at the king's command (2 Chronicles 24).
Melchizedek
[People]Melchizedek is the king of Salem and "priest of the most high God" who appears in Genesis 14. He blessed Abraham and received a tithe from him, and the New Testament book of Hebrews presents him as a figure who illuminates the priesthood of Jesus Christ.
Genesis 14:18-20
[Bible Verses]Genesis 14:18-20 is the passage in which Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the most high God, blesses Abram on his return from battle, and Abram gives him a tenth. It is frequently cited in connection with the Epistle to the Hebrews' reading of Melchizedek as a type of Christ and in discussions of tithing.
El Elyon
[Bible]El Elyon is a Hebrew title for God meaning "God Most High." It first appears in Genesis 14 as the name of the God whom Melchizedek served.
Salem
[Bible]Salem is the name of the city ruled by Melchizedek in Genesis 14. The Hebrew name shares a root with the word for "peace," and Jewish and Christian tradition generally regards it as an ancient name for Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 12
[Bible]Nehemiah 12 lists the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel and gives the genealogy of the high priests. It then records the dedication of the rebuilt wall of Jerusalem and the arrangements for the storehouses that supplied those who served in the temple.
1 Chronicles 6
[Bible]1 Chronicles 6 presents the genealogy of the tribe of Levi. It contains the line of the Aaronic high priests, the genealogies of Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, whom David appointed to lead the singing, and a list of the cities given to the descendants of Levi.
Ezekiel 40
[Bible]Ezekiel 40 is the first chapter of the vision of the new temple, which forms the final section of the Book of Ezekiel (chapters 40–48). In a vision Ezekiel is brought to a very high mountain in the land of Israel, where he watches a man whose appearance shines like brass measure the temple's wall, gates, courts, and priests' chambers.
Priest
[Church Offices]A priest is one of the three holy orders in Anglicanism, alongside bishop and deacon, and is an ordained minister who presides at the Eucharist and cares for the church. Priests are commonly addressed as "Father," and unlike Roman Catholic priests, who observe celibacy, Anglican priests may marry.