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• 2 Chronicles 32

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 32 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the deliverance of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's illness, pride, and repentance; and his achievements and death.

• Oil (Bible)

  [Bible]

  In the Bible, "oil" refers chiefly to olive oil pressed from the fruit of the olive tree. It was used for food, for lamps, and as medicine, and in sacrifices and anointing rites it signified consecration to God and blessing.

• Meremoth

  [People]

  Meremoth was a priest who served in Jerusalem after the return from exile. The son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, he received the temple silver and gold that Ezra brought, and in Nehemiah's time he repaired two sections of the city wall.

• Offering

  [Christian Life]

  An offering is money that Christians give to God as an expression of gratitude and faith, or the act of giving it. It is usually presented during the offertory in worship. In the early Korean Protestant church it was commonly called yeonbo.

• Burnt Offering

  [Bible]

  The burnt offering is an Old Testament sacrifice in which the offering was burned whole on the altar and presented to God. Its procedure is set out in detail in Leviticus 1.

• Sin Offering

  [Bible]

  The sin offering is one of the Old Testament sacrifices prescribed in Leviticus. It was offered for sins committed unknowingly and for ritual impurity, and its rite involved putting an animal's blood on the altar and sprinkling it. The New Testament connects it with the death of Christ.

• Peace Offering and Propitiation

  [Bible]

  The peace offering of the Old Testament book of Leviticus and the New Testament presentation of Christ as the offering that deals with sin are distinct biblical concepts. The New Korean Revised Version of the Bible renders both with a single term, although the original-language words behind the two uses differ.

• Incense Offering

  [Bible]

  The incense offering was an Old Testament institution of worship in which incense was burned so that its fragrance and smoke ascended to God. In the tabernacle and the temple, only priests descended from Aaron could perform it, and Scripture at times compares it to the prayers of the saints.

• Heave Offering

  [Bible]

  The heave offering was, in the Old Testament sacrificial system, a portion taken from a sacrifice or gift and set apart for God. It served chiefly as the share of the priests and Levites.

• The Burnt Offering on Mount Moriah

  [Bible]

  The event recorded in Genesis 22 in which Abraham, at God's command, prepared to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah, until God stopped him and provided a ram in Isaac's place.

• Continual Burnt Offering

  [Bible]

  The continual burnt offering was the regular burnt offering of Old Testament Israel in which the priest burned one young lamb every morning and another every evening. It is prescribed in Exodus 29 and Numbers 28.

• 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.

• Angel Worship

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Angel worship refers to offering angels the worship or prayer that belongs to God alone. Protestants reject it on the basis of Colossians 2:18 and other passages.

• 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 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 3

  [Bible]

  Leviticus 3 sets out the procedure for the peace offering, presented from the herd or the flock (cattle, sheep, or goats). It declares that all the fat belongs to the LORD and closes with a perpetual statute forbidding the eating of fat and blood.

• 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.

• 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.