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Firstfruits
[Bible]Firstfruits were an Old Testament offering to God of the first grain and produce harvested from the land each year. In the New Testament the term is used figuratively for the risen Christ and for those who were the first to believe.
The Widow's Two Mites
[Bible]The widow's two mites refers to the incident in which Jesus, watching at the treasury of the Temple in Jerusalem, saw a poor widow put in two mites, all that she had, and declared that she had put in more than anyone else. It is recorded in the Gospels of Mark and Luke.
Vow
[Christian Life]A vow is a voluntary promise by which a believer pledges to God to do something or to offer something. In Korean Protestant churches, vows commonly take forms such as vow prayers, vow offerings, and vows by parents to dedicate their children to the pastoral ministry.
Corban
[Bible]Corban is a Hebrew word meaning "an offering given to God." In the New Testament it appears in Mark 7:11, in a passage where Jesus criticizes the practice of using a vow to avoid supporting one's parents.
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.
Leviticus 6
[Bible]Leviticus 6 contains regulations for the trespass offering that makes restitution for wrongs against a neighbor's property, together with the ordinances the priests were to observe when presenting the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the sin offering.
Leviticus 5
[Bible]Leviticus 5 sets out the sin offering for faults recognized after the fact, such as withholding testimony, touching something unclean, or swearing a rash oath, along with provisions that scale the offering to a person's means. It then establishes the guilt offering for trespasses against the holy things and for sins committed in ignorance.
James 2:21–24
[Bible Verses]James 2:21–24 is a passage that cites Abraham's offering of Isaac to argue that a person is "justified by works, and not by faith only." Because it appears to conflict with Paul's teaching of justification by faith, it is frequently discussed in treatments of the relationship between faith and works.
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.
Leviticus 4
[Bible]Leviticus 4 sets out the regulations for the sin offering for unintentional violations of the LORD's prohibitions. It prescribes different offerings and different ways of handling the blood for the anointed priest, the whole congregation, a ruler, and one of the common people.
Leviticus 7
[Bible]Leviticus 7 sets out the regulations for the guilt offering and the peace offering, the portions given to the priests, and the command not to eat fat or blood. It concludes the priestly sacrificial regulations that begin in chapter 6.
Hebrews 11:17–19
[Bible Verses]A passage in the roll of the faithful in Hebrews 11 that treats Abraham's offering of Isaac. It is regarded as an example of faith in the resurrection amid the tension between God's promise and his command, and it is frequently cited as a basis for reading the offering of Isaac as a foreshadowing of the death and resurrection of Christ.
Exodus 38
[Bible]Exodus 38 records Bezalel's construction of the tabernacle's altar of burnt offering, the bronze laver, and the court, and it includes an inventory tallying the amounts of gold, silver, and bronze used in building the tabernacle.
Deuteronomy 26
[Bible]Deuteronomy 26 concludes the legal provisions of Deuteronomy with a confession of faith recited when offering the firstfruits of the land, a prayer offered after distributing the third-year tithe, and a covenant affirmation in which the LORD and Israel acknowledge each other.
Hebrews 10
[Bible]Hebrews 10 concludes that Christ, by offering his body once for all, brought the repeated sacrifices of the Old Testament to an end. It then urges readers to draw near to God in faith and to keep meeting together, sternly warns against apostasy, and calls for perseverance.
Genesis 22:2
[Bible Verses]Genesis 22:2 records God's command to Abraham to offer his beloved only son Isaac as a burnt offering in the land of Moriah. The verse is read as the height of faith and obedience, and it has long been debated for the ethical implications of God commanding the sacrifice of a human being.
Genesis 4:7
[Bible Verses]Genesis 4:7 records God's warning to Cain, who had become angry when his offering was not accepted. The verse likens sin to a creature crouching at the door and commands Cain to rule over it. Often identified as the first occurrence of the word "sin" in the Bible, it is frequently cited in discussions of sin and human responsibility.
Laver
[Bible]The laver was a bronze basin placed in the tabernacle between the tent of meeting and the altar of burnt offering. The priests washed their hands and feet in it before entering the tent of meeting or ministering at the altar.
Leviticus 1
[Bible]The first chapter of Leviticus, containing the regulations for the burnt offering that the LORD gave to Moses from the tabernacle of the congregation. It sets out, in turn, how to offer cattle, sheep or goats, and birds.
Order of Worship
[Worship & Rites]The order of worship is the sequence in which the elements of public worship, such as hymns, prayer, Scripture reading, the sermon, the offering, and the benediction, are conducted. In Korean Protestant churches, it is usually printed in the weekly bulletin for the congregation.